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sander

UK/ˈsɑːndə//ˈsændɚ/

sander noun: a person employed to sand wood.

Noun

sander (plural sanders)

  1. A person employed to sand wood.
  2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
    • The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in The New York Times
  3. A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
    • Grass growing on the track made the running far from easy, and only frequent use of the sanders enabled us to breast the 1 in 50 gradients between Letterkenny and Kilmacrenon [sic].1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356
    • Traditionally, sand was used to aid grip, being released onto the track in front of the wheels from a special 'sandbox'. However, the Slough accident led to two trials on the use of train-borne sanders to aid braking: [...] Now, all new stock is fitted with automatic sanders, as have most of the...2021 November 17, Greg Morse, “Network News: Background: causes and effects of low adhesion and wheelslide”, in RAIL, number 944, pages 8–9
  4. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

Proper noun capitalized: Sander

Sander (countable and uncountable, plural Sanders)

  1. (obsolete) A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. A village in Norway.

Examples of sander in a sentence

  • Sanders fails to consider nonconvention hotel demand, which varies from market to market.
  • Sanders' wife..is much more attractive than the legendary witches of hag-jowl and gobber-tooth.
  • Sanders announce the birth of a daughter, Saturday, at Rutherford hospital, weighing 7½ lbs.

All 11 example sentences with sander

Forms of sander

Noun
pluralsanders
Proper noun
pluralSanders

Plural of sander: sanders

Origin of sander

From sand + -er.

Words formed from sander

Phrases with sander

Words that rhyme with sander

Questions about sander

What does sander mean?
Sander means a person employed to sand wood.
What part of speech is sander?
Sander can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sander?
Sander is pronounced /ˈsændɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of sander?
The plural of sander is sanders.

Words near sander in the dictionary

  1. Sandeman
  2. Sandemanian
  3. Sandemanianism
  4. Sandemanians
  5. Sandemanism
  6. sander
  7. Sandercock
  8. Sandercocks
  9. sanderdust
  10. Sanderford
  11. Sanderfords

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