Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grinderman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: grin-der-man
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male worker who feeds material into a grinder.

Example Sentences

"He worked as a grinderman in a paper mill."

Etymology

From grinder + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: grinder

Inflected Forms

grindermen (plural)

Questions

What does grinderman mean?: A male worker who feeds material into a grinder.
Where does grinderman come from?: From grinder + -man.

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