Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“grinders” is a form of

grinder

UK /ˈɡɹaɪndə/ · US /ˈɡɹaɪndəɹ/ noun, proper noun

Forms grinders

  1. noun One who grinds something, such as the teeth. “scissors grinder (one who sharpens scissors)”
  2. noun (anatomy) A molar.
  3. noun (slang) Any tooth.
  4. noun Any of various power tools with a spinning abrasive disc, used for smoothing, shaping, or deburring materials, usually metal.
  5. noun A grinding machine: any of various machine tools for grinding (either heavy or light grinding, but precise either way).
  6. noun Any of various pieces of heavy equipment for grinding.
  7. noun (Northern US, especially Connecticut, Vermont) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll. “I am going to the deli to get a grinder for lunch.”
  8. noun (Pennsylvania) In particular, a submarine sandwich (hoagie) that is toasted or baked and typically does not contain lettuce.
  9. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

submarine sandwich more there sub bomber hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy submarine torpedo wedge zep molar mill milling machinery

Etymology

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, grinds.
  2. noun One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “grinder”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “grinder” (best matches first).