sander

See also: Sander and sänder

English
A hand-held electric sander
A belt sander (machine used to mechanize the process of sanding)

Etymology

sand +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsændɚ/

Noun

sander (plural sanders)

  1. A person employed to sand wood.
  2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
  3. (rail transport) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
    • 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.
  4. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

Derived terms
  • random orbital sander
  • belt sander

Translations

Anagrams

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sander

  1. true, real

Declension
Declension of sander (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sander san sant, sat
accusative sannan sanna sant, sat
dative sannum, -om sanni, -e sannu, -o
genitive sans sannar sans
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sannir, -e(r) sannar san
accusative sanna sannar san
dative sannum, -om sannum, -om sannum, -om
genitive sanna sanna sanna
Declension of sander (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sanni, -e sanna sanna
accusative sanna sannu, -o sanna
dative sanna sannu, -o sanna
genitive sanna sannu, -o sanna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sannu, -o sannu, -o sannu, -o
accusative sannu, -o sannu, -o sannu, -o
dative sannu, -o sannu, -o sannu, -o
genitive sannu, -o sannu, -o sannu, -o

Descendants
  • Swedish: sann
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