SHREDDER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shredder" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

shred (tear into shreds)

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