Associations to the word «Shredder»

Wiktionary

SHREDDER, noun. A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder or garbage shredder.
SHREDDER, noun. (computing) A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
SHREDDER, noun. (slang) Someone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
SHREDDER, noun. (music) One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

Dictionary definition

SHREDDER, noun. A device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them).

Wise words

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