grinding wheel
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wheel composed of an abrasive compound and used for various grinding and abrasive machining operations.
noun
Something that wears down or harms by attrition.
Example Sentences
- "A competing branch argues, in turn, that crime policy—policing policy in particular—has become more punitive given the heightened power of penal bureaucrats together with the diminished influence of the persons and populations most often subject to the grinding wheels of penal administration."