sanders
UK/ˈsɑːndəz/US/ˈsændəɹz/
sanders is the plural of sander.
Meaning of sander
Noun
sander (plural sanders)
- A person employed to sand wood.
- 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
- 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
- A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
Noun
sanders (uncountable)
- sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood
Proper noun capitalized: Sanders
Sanders (countable and uncountable, plural Sanderses)
- A surname originating as a patronymic
- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...2022 July 6, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov, archived from the original...
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona.
- An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Carroll County, Kentucky.
- A township in Pennington County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Treasure County, Montana.
Forms of sanders
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | saunders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sanderses |
Origin of sanders
From Middle English saundres (“sandalwood”), from Old French sandre, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /čandal/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).
From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -s.
Words formed from sanders
Phrases with sanders
Words that rhyme with sanders
Questions about sanders
- What does sanders mean?
- Sanders means sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood.
- What is sanders the plural of?
- Sanders is the plural of sander.
- What part of speech is sanders?
- Sanders can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sanders?
- Sanders is pronounced /ˈsɑːndəz/ (UK).
Words near sanders in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sanders (page history and authors); Sanders (page history and authors); sander (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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