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English
A hand-held electric sander
A belt sander (machine used to mechanize the process of sanding)
Etymology
From sand + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
sander (plural sanders)
- A person employed to sand wood.
- A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
- (rail transport) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356: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].
2021 November 17, Greg Morse, “Network News: Background: causes and effects of low adhesion and wheelslide”, in RAIL, number 944, pages 8–9: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 pre-1994 units still running.
- (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
Derived terms
Translations
device which spreads sand to improve traction
archaic: device to remove excess ink
Anagrams
- dearns, denars, resand, snared, Anders, sandre, Snader, Arends, Naders, Dranes, Danser, Sendra, Andres, redans, Rendas
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.
Adjective
sander
- true, real
Declension
Declension of sander (strong)
Declension of sander (weak)
Descendants