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grinding gear

grinding gear noun: functional unit of an apparatus that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces.

grinding gear: functional unit of an apparatus that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces
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Noun

grinding gear (plural grinding gears)

  1. functional unit of an apparatus that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces

Forms of grinding gear

pluralgrinding gears

Questions about grinding gear

What does grinding gear mean?
Grinding gear means functional unit of an apparatus that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces.
What part of speech is grinding gear?
Grinding gear is a noun.
What is the plural of grinding gear?
The plural of grinding gear is grinding gears.

Words near grinding gear in the dictionary

  1. grindin'
  2. grinding
  3. grinding down
  4. grinding frame
  5. grinding frames
  6. grinding gear
  7. grinding gears
  8. grinding machine
  9. grinding machines
  10. grinding one's gears
  11. grinding out

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