shredder

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/ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/

noun

One who shreds or tears something.

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Meanings

nounshredder (plural shredders)

plural shredders

  1. One who shreds or tears something.
  2. A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.
  3. computingA program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
  4. slangSomeone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
  5. entertainmentOne who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

Origin

From shred + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian шре́дер
  • шре́дер (šréder)machine
Catalan trituradora
  • trituradoramachine
Chinese Mandarin 碎紙機 /碎纸机
  • 碎紙機 /碎纸机 (suìzhǐjī)machine
Czech skartovačka, skartovač
  • skartovačkamachine
  • skartovačmachine
Dutch versnipperaar
  • versnipperaarmachine
Finnish silppuri, paperisilppuri
  • silppurimachine
  • paperisilppurimachine
  • tiedostosilppuriprogram
French broyeur, déchiqueteuse
  • broyeurmachine
  • déchiqueteusemachine
  • choucrouteusemachine
German Schredder, Reißwolf
  • Schreddermachine
  • Reißwolfmachine
  • Aktenvernichtermachine
Hungarian iratmegsemmisítő
  • iratmegsemmisítőmachine
Icelandic pappírstætari
  • pappírstætarimachine
Italian tritadocumenti, trituratore
  • tritadocumentimachine
  • trituratoremachine
Japanese シュレッダー
  • シュレッダー (shureddā)machine
Korean 세단기
  • 세단기 (sedan'gi)machine
Norwegian Bokmål makuleringsmaskin
  • makuleringsmaskinmachine
Polish niszczarka, program niszczący
  • niszczarkamachine
  • program niszczącyprogram
Portuguese triturador, fragmentadora
  • trituradormachine
  • fragmentadoramachine
Russian шре́дер
  • шре́дер (šrɛ́dɛr)machine
Slovak skartátor, skartovačka
  • skartátormachine
  • skartovačkamachine
Spanish trituradora, desfibradora
  • trituradoramachine
  • desfibradoramachine
  • ralladoramachine
Swedish dokumentförstörare
  • dokumentförstöraremachine
Turkish öğütücü
  • öğütücümachine
Ukrainian подрі́бнювач папе́ру, шре́дер
  • подрі́бнювач папе́ру (podríbnjuvač papéru)machine
  • шре́дер (šréder)machine
Welsh rhwygwr
  • rhwygwrmachine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shredder

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Cite this entry
APA

shredder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shredder

MLA

“shredder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shredder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shredder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shredder.

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