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Definition: Sander |
SanderNoun1. A power tool used for sanding wood; a loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sander" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Machine which removes outstanding hairs from the surface by means of pumice stone or abrasive cloth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Cleans, shapes, and smooths parts of smoking pipes: Positions specified grade of sandpaper on sanding machine spindle and turns nut to secure sandpaper. Starts machine and holds part, such as bowl or stem, against rotating disk, using varying pressure, or positions pipe bowl on spindle and holds sandpaper against revolving bowl to clean, shape, or smooth pipe. May be designated according to degree of sanding as Fine Sander (fabrication, nec); Rough Sander (fabrication, nec); or according to part or area sanded as Bit Sander (fabrication, nec); Bottom Sander (fabrication, nec); Bowl Topper (fabrication, nec); Shank Sander (fabrication, nec); or according to sanding objective as Putty Remover (fabrication, nec). May sand shank to fit flush with stem and be designated Flusher (fabrication, nec). May position pipe bowl on spindle and hold sandpaper against revolving bowl to smooth and shape bowl. (references) |
| Assists PAINTER, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (aircraft mfg.; air trans.; automotive ser.) 845.381-014 by preparing surfaces of automotive vehicles, such as automobiles, buses, and trucks, for repainting and polishes repainted vehicles: Sands rough spots on automotive vehicle. Sprays scratched areas with filler solution, using spray gun. Applies paper and masking tape to protect unpainted surfaces, such as bumpers, windows, and chrome trim. Removes gloss from intermediate coats of paint, using wet sandpaper, to ensure adherence of next coat. Polishes final coat of paint, using polishing compound and cloth. Paints surfaces not readily accessible, such as wheels and underside of fenders, using brush and spray gun. May remove and replace chrome moldings and trim. May brush or spray undercoating material on replaced parts. Performs other duties as described under HELPER (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
| Tends machine that buffs unfinished felt or wool hat bodies to raise, smooth, or polish nap: Secures hat block of specified size in chuck of machine, pulls hat body over block, and starts machine. Depresses pedal to rotate block and force hat body against rotating felt, sandpaper, or sharkskin-covered buffing wheels to raise nap or smooth and polish body. Releases pedal to stop machine when buffing is completed and removes body from block. Turns hat body inside out and replaces body on block to buff inside surfaces. May be designated according to type of machine tended as Brim Buffer (hat & cap); Crown Buffer (hat & cap); Hat Buffer, Automatic (hat & cap). (references) | |
| $T3Seams$T1 edges of glass, using belt sander: Selects abrasive belt according to type of finish specified and installs belt on pulleys of machine. Turns screw to tighten and center belt on pulleys. Turns valve to start water spray on wet-belt machine or pushes switch to start exhaust on dry-belt machine. Holds glass edges against revolving belt to obtain finish. Places large glass on rollers or table for support while seaming. Feels edge of glass to verify smoothness. Wipes glass clean, using cloth, and places glass on skid. (references) | |
| Tends machine that breaks up and softens size, and imparts brushed effect to surface of fabric: Pushes truck or roll of cloth into feeding position and sews end to leader cloth, using portable sewing machine. Turns valve to admit steam into $T3drying can.$T1 Starts machine that passes cloth around drying can to break up and soften size in fabric, and between emery rollers that abrade surface of fabric to impart brushed effect. Positions handtruck to receive cloth from $T3swing-folding attachment.$T1. (references) | |
| Tends machine that sands and smooths golf club grips, skis, and other sports equipment: Inserts article to be sanded in roller carriage brackets or grip in holding device of machine. Starts machine that automatically feeds article to sanding belt or rotates article against moving abrasive wheel to remove excess stock, paint, and blemishes from article. (references) | |
Transportation | Devices used to apply sand to the rail in front of or behind the braking and driving wheels of a rail car to prevent slippage. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SanderSynonyms: drum sander (n), electric sander (n), smoother (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Smoothness | Roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | He was using the belt sander (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Sander AM, Kreutzer JS, Rosenthal M, Delmonico R, Young ME. A multicenter longitudinal investigation of return to work and community integration following traumatic brain injury. (references) | |
Business | The company claims that recent gains in its market share are due, in part, to TV advertising for its 'Quattro' four-in-one sander and its 'Wizard' multi-tool range, and also to its clear, communicative, in-store point of sale information. (references) | |
Human Rights | East Timor | The cases included the April 6, 1999 massacre in Liquisa, in which at least 25 persons died; the April 17, 1999 killings at pro-independence activist Manuel Carrascalao's home, in which at least 15 persons died; the September 5, 1999 attack on the compound of the Catholic Diocese in Dili; the September 6, 1999 massacre of at least 3 priests, IDP's, and 160 other civilians at a church in Suai; and the September 21, 1999 killing of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes. (references) |
Indonesia | The Commission for Investigation of Violations of Human Rights in East Timor (KPP-HAM) delivered its report of human rights violations in East Timor to the Attorney General's Office in January 2000. The Attorney General said that his office initially would prosecute five major cases arising from the April 6, 1999 massacre in Liquisa; the April 17, 1999 killings at the home of independence leader Manuel Carrascalao's house; the September 5, 1999 attack on the compound of the Catholic Diocese in Dili; the September 6, 1999 massacre of priests and displaced persons at a church in Suai; and the September 21, 1999 killing of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sander" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.27% of the time. "Sander" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.27% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.73% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 88 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sander" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sander | Last name | 4,000 | 3,258 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Germany | Jil Sander AG |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "sander": drum sander ♦ electric sander. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sander": drum-sander. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sander | 421 |
barry sander | 359 |
summer sander | 289 |
deion sander | 205 |
belt sander | 189 |
floor sander | 162 |
loni sander | 123 |
jil sander | 120 |
drum sander | 112 |
troutman sander | 91 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sander"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 沙磨机 (Sanders). (various references) | |
Danish | slibemaskine (grinder, polishing machine, servicer, sharpener, sharpening machine, tool grinder), sandspreder (sand distributor), sandingsindretning (sand distributor), pudsemaskine (blower, blowing machine, malt polisher, polisher, polishing machine, swingling machine), grusspreder (sand distributor). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuurmachine (polishing machine), zandstrooier (sand distributor). (various references) | |
Farsi | چرخ سنباده , اسباب شن زنی , شن زن . (various references) | |
Finnish | hiekoitin (sand distributor). (various references) | |
French | sablière (sand distributor, sand pit), ponceuse, diffuseur de sablière (sand distributor). (various references) | |
German | Sandstreuer (sand distributor), Sandstreueinrichtung (sand distributor), Sander (sand distributor), vibrationsschleifer, rutscher, Bimsmaschine (polishing machine), abschleifgerät. (various references) | |
Greek | μηχάνημα λείανσης (grinder, polishing machine), τεχνική διαρρύθμιση στρώσεως άμμου (sand distributor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משחז (sharpener). (various references) | |
Italian | pomiciatrice (polishing machine), levigatrice (polisher, surface polisher, surfacer), dispositivo spandisabbia (sand distributor). (various references) | |
Korean | 샌" (Sanders). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andersay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | máquina de polir (polisher, polishing machine, polite), areeiro (megrim, riffler, sail-fluke, sand distributor, sandtable, whiff). (various references) | |
Russian | шлифовальный инструмент/;песочница. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mašina za hoblovanje, mašina za šmirglanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | suavizadora (polishing machine), arenero (sand distributor, sandbox). (various references) | |
Swedish | sandningsanordning (sand distributor). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tцrpi. (various references) | |
Ukranian | стрічково-шліфувальний верстат, піскоструминний апарат (sandblast), пісочниця (sandbox, sandpit). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người rải cát, người đổ cát người đánh giấy ráp. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sander": sanderling, sanderlings, sanders. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sander": goosander. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sander": goosanders. (additional references) | |
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"Sander" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asnier, sadar, sader, Sadir, Safdar, salnder, samer, Sanada, Sanda, sande, Sandee, Sandeep, sandel, Sandes, Sandle, Sandner, Sandre, sandur, sandwear, saned, sanier, Sanjeev, Sanjek, Santero, santor, sauder, saunder, sawder, sencer, senda, sende, sendel, senden, sendero, sondar, sonder, spander, sqander, sundery, sunter, Zanderij, zender, zinder. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sander" (pronounced sa"nder) |
| 4 | -a" n d er | Alexander, Bander, blander, brander, candor, commander, coriander, gander, grander, Lander, meander, pander, salamander, slander, Stander, Zander. |
| 3 | -n d er | asunder, attainder, auslander, bartender, bender, binder, blender, blinder, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, bystander, calamander, calendar, cinder, cofounder, Condor, contender, cylinder, defender, Ender, engender, extender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gender, gerrymander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, minder, offender, oleander, pathfinder, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, sender, Sidewinder, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: denars, redans, snared. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: dares, darns, deans, dears, denar, earns, nards, nares, nears, nerds, rands, rased, reads, redan, rends, saned, saner, sedan, snare. | |
-2 letters: ands, anes, ares, arse, dare, darn, dean, dear, dens, earn, ears, ends, eras, erns, nard, near, nerd, rads, rand, rase, read, reds, rend, sade, sand, sane, sard, sear, send, sera, sned. | |
-3 letters: ads, and, ane, are, ars, den, ear, eds, end, ens, era, ern, ers, nae, rad, ran, ras, red, res, sad, sae, sea, sen, ser. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, an, ar, as, de, ed, en, er, es, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: asunder, banders, damners, dancers, danders, dangers, danseur, darkens, darnels, darners, endears, errands, ganders, gardens, hardens, landers, panders, randies, remands, sanders, sandier, sardine, slander, snarled, stander, wanders, wardens, zanders. | |
+2 letters: adorners, adrenals, amenders, aneroids, answered, araneids, aridness, arsenide, ascender, bandores, bartends, branders, brandies, broadens, candlers, dandlers, danglers, danseurs, darkness, darndest, daunders, daunters, dearness, denarius, deraigns, deranges, detrains, dextrans, drabness, dragnets, drainers, duramens, durances, endosarc, ensnared, glanders, gradines, grandees, grandest, grenades, handlers, hardness, hardnose, herdsman, insnared, invaders, islander, kneaders, ladrones, landlers, launders, lurdanes, madrones, mandrels, maunders, meanders, nearside, operands, padrones, pandores, pardners, predawns, randiest, ransomed, readings, readorns, reascend, reasoned, redshank, reynards, sardines, serenade, serranid, slanders, solander, spandrel, sprained, squander, standers, strained, stranded, strander, surnamed, swanherd, transude, undersea, undrapes, unerased, unraised, unseared, unshared, untreads, uranides, verandas, yearends. | |
+3 letters: absconder, acridines, acridness, adherends, adherents, adsorbent, advancers, aerodynes, ampersand, androgens, antherids, ardencies, arsenides, ascenders, astringed, attenders, auslander, bandagers, banderols, bedarkens, bilanders, boneyards, breadnuts, broadness, bystander, calendars, calenders, chandlers, coarsened, colanders, conelrads, credenzas, dakerhens, dampeners, daneworts, dangerous, darkeners, darndests, darnedest, deadeners, deaneries, decanters, demanders, demeanors, denatures, detainers, dicentras, dipterans, dognapers, dracaenas, draftsmen, draglines, dragonets, drainages, dungarees, dwarfness, endangers, endbrains, endeavors, endocarps, endosarcs, endpapers, ensnarled, estranged, expanders, expandors, forehands, forelands, gardeners, gardenias, garnished, gendarmes, gesneriad, goosander, gradients, grandames, grandeurs, grandiose, grandness, grandsire, greensand, guardsmen, handovers, handpress, handsomer, hardeners, hardiness, hardnoses, harnessed, harshened, hoarsened, husbander, increased, indurates, infrareds, inlanders, instarred, islanders, kidnapers, laundress, laundries, lavenders, mandrakes, mansarded, marinades, meandrous, meridians, midranges, muraenids, nearsides, neatherds, noseguard, nursemaid, oleanders, ordainers, ordinates, ordnances, organdies, organised, overhands, overlands, panderers, pantdress, pardoners, pomanders, ponderosa, rabidness, radiances, ransacked, rapidness, readiness, reascends, redemands, redshanks, rehandles, rehardens, reinvades, rendzinas, renegades, renegados, reordains, resinated, resonated, respading, riddances, romanised, sandpaper, sandpiper, sarabande, sauntered, seastrand, secondary, sedentary, serenaded, serenader, serenades, serranids, sharpened, slandered, slanderer, smartened, snakebird, sneakered, solanders, spandrels, spikenard, spreading, squanders, sternward, stranders, strangled, swanherds, tardiness, tarnished, teardowns, tornadoes, tradesman, tradesmen, transcend, transduce, transited, transuded, transudes, underacts, underages, underarms, undereats, underjaws, underlaps, underlays, underpass, underpays, underseas, unloaders, unscarred, unsnarled, unsprayed, unthreads, uplanders, urbanised, varnished, verandahs, vineyards, wanderers, wanderoos, zemindars. | |
+4 letters: abandoners, absconders, absurdness, addressing, adenovirus, adherences, administer, admonisher, adornments, adroitness, adsorbents, adventures, aggrandise, alexanders, ampersands, ancestored, andradites, androgynes, andromedas, anhydrides, anhydrites, antitrades, apprehends, archfiends, aridnesses, arytenoids, attainders, auslanders, banderoles, banditries, bandmaster, bandoleers, bandoliers, banistered, bartenders, baudronses, blandisher, boundaries, brandished, brandishes, breadlines, breakdowns, bystanders, carbonades, carronades, chlordanes, commanders, contrasted, corianders, cornbreads, cradlesong, dapperness, daringness, darknesses, davenports, deaconries, dearnesses, debarments, decenaries, declarants, decreasing, degreasing, demeanours, denervates, denigrates, deodorants, depressant, designator, despairing, desugaring, detonators, dextranase, disarrange, disbarment, discarnate, discrepant, disenthral, dishearten, dispensary, dispersant, distrained, distrainer, dognappers, dormancies, downgrades, downstater, downstream, drabnesses, draftiness, drainpipes, drawknives, dreaminess, dreamlands, dreariness, drinkables, dynamiters, endarchies, endeavours, endorsable, endurances, engarlands, enravished, farandoles, firebrands, forestland, franchised, fricandoes, fundraiser, furanoside, gabardines, gaberdines, gardenfuls, garnisheed, garrisoned, gasconader, germanders, gesneriads, girandoles, godparents, goosanders, gormandise, grandsires, greenheads, greensands, greensward, grenadiers, grenadines, gynandries, handlebars, handwrites, hardenings, hardiments, hardnesses, harmonised, headliners, headspring, headstrong, heartlands, hindrances, husbanders, hydrangeas, hydrazines, integrands, interlards, intradoses, inwardness, irredentas, irridentas, kidnappers, landowners, landscaper, launderers, linearised, lowlanders, madrilenes, markedness, mastermind, maunderers, misandries, misbranded, mislearned, misreading, mistrained, monandries, mordancies, newsdealer, newsreader, nondancers, nonreaders, normalised, noseguards, nursemaids, orangeades, ordinances, ordinaries, outlanders, patronised, pedantries, pedestrian, personated, persuading, philanders, ponderosas, predations, preordains, printheads, promenades, pyranoside, quadrantes, quandaries, radiancies, radiosonde, raggedness, rainwashed, rancidness, randomizes, randomness, rangelands, rawinsonde, reascended, reassigned, redactions, reductants, refastened, reinstated, remainders, renegadoes, reprimands, rereadings, resaddling, reseasoned, restrained, retardants, rhodamines, roundelays, sacredness, salamander, sandbagger, sanderling, sandgrouse, sandlotter, sandpapers, sandpapery, sandpipers, sarabandes, sardonyxes, scherzando, scorpaenid, screenland, seastrands, serenaders, serenading, slanderers, slandering, slanderous, smaragdine, snakebirds, spikenards, springhead, squadroned, squandered, squanderer, sternwards, stewarding, straitened, strandline, strangered, submarined, subtrahend, tailenders, tawdriness, threadfins, tragedians, transacted, transcends, transduced, transducer, transduces, transected, transfixed, transfused, translated, transmuted, transpired, transposed, transudate, trapnested, tyrannised, ultradense, unabsorbed, unanswered, undercards, underclass, undercoats, undergrads, underpants, underparts, underplays, underrates, understand, understate, undertakes, undertaxes, unmarrieds, unmeasured, unravished, unreadiest, unreasoned, unsalaried, unsteadier, unstrained, unstrapped, upwardness, verdancies, wanderings, wanderlust, wardenries, wardenship, windbreaks, wingspread. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6E 64 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -. -.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a n d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006E 0064 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536780707184 |
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