Grinder may refer to:

Machinery

*Various types of grinding machine, used in a machining operation to refine the surface of materials *Food grinders **

Blade grinder A blade grinder, also known as propeller grinder, is a machine that chops material while mixing it, by means of a high-speed spinning blade. Applications of blade grinders for preparing foods include numerous electric kitchen appliances such as ...

, includes food processors, blenders, electric coffee and spice grinders, etc. ** Coffee grinder, a machine used for grinding coffee **

Herb grinder An herb grinder (or simply, a grinder) is a cylindrical device with two halves (top and bottom) that separate and have sharp teeth or pegs aligned in such a way that when both halves are turned, material inside is shredded. Though the manufac ...

, a grinder used for herbs including marijuana **

Meat grinder A meat grinder (also called a "meat mincer" in the UK) is a kitchen appliance for fine chopping ('mincing') and/or mixing of raw or cooked meat, fish, vegetables or similar food. It replaces tools like the mincing knife (which are also use ...

, a machine used for grinding food **

Wet grinder A wet grinder can refer either to a tool for abrasive cutting of hard materials or to a food preparation appliance used especially in Indian cuisine for grinding food grains to produce a paste or batter. A wet grinder for abrasive cutting uses ...

, a grinder that uses water either to soften the product ground or to keep the grinding elements cool *Grinder

winch A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attache ...

, a device for tensioning a rope to control a sail on a boat

People

Grinder (surname) Grinder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *John Grinder (born 1940), American linguist, author, management consultant, trainer, and speaker *Susanne Grinder Susanne Grinder (born November 1981) is a Danish ballet dancer. She ...

Bob Baker (boxer) Robert "The Grinder" Baker (October 26, 1926 – April 23, 2002) was a heavyweight boxer whose professional career spanned from 1949 until 1960. Baker was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and originally fought out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...

(1926–2002), American heavyweight boxer nicknamed "The Grinder" * Michael Mizrachi (born 1981), American professional poker player nicknamed "The Grinder" * Cliff Thorburn (born 1948), Canadian retired professional snooker player, nicknamed "The Grinder"

Places

Grinder, Norway Grinder is a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the river Glomma, about to the south of the village of Kirkenær. The Norwegian National Road 2 and the Solørbanen railway lin ...

, a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway *

Grinder Island Grinder Island is one of the ice-covered islands in the Marshall Archipelago, located within the Sulzberger Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The island is long and wide and lies southwest of Steventon Island. It was ...

, Marshall Archipelago, Antarctica *

Grinder Rock Grinder Rock () is the southernmost of a group of rocks extending from the southeast end of Intercurrence Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was shown on Argentine and Chilean government charts of 1957. The name, given by the UK Ant ...

, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica *

Grinder's Stand Grinder's Stand was a stand, or inn, located on the historic Natchez Trace. A replica can be visited today at the Meriwether Lewis Park, located on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Lewis County, Tennessee, south of Nashville, southwest of Columbia ...

, Tennessee, the tavern whose cabin inn Meriweather Lewis died in, in October 1809

Brands or products

Grinder sandwich A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie (Philadelphia metropolitan area and Western Pennsylvania English), hero (New York City English), Italian ( Maine English), grinder (New England English), wedge (Westchester, NY), or a spuckie ...

, a regional name for a submarine sandwich *

Grinders (footwear) A boot is a type of footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf. Some boots extend up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel that is clearly ...

, a footwear brand

Arts and entertainment

Games

* ''The Grinder'' (video game), an unreleased video game * ''

Młynek (Nine Men's Morris) Three men's morris is an abstract strategy game played on a three by three board (counting lines) that is similar to tic-tac-toe. It is also related to six men's morris and nine men's morris. A player wins by forming a mill, that is, three of thei ...

'', a board game also known as ''Grinder''

Music

Grinder (band) Grinder was a late 1980s/early 1990s speed metal/thrash metal band from Germany. They released three full-length albums and one EP before disbanding. Grinder was the first international heavy metal act to play in Turkey, on May 12, 1990, at the ...

, a German speed/thrash band from the late 80s and early 90s *

Organ grinder A street organ (french: orgue de rue or ''orgue de barbarie''; german: Straßenorgel) played by an organ grinder is a French-German automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most co ...

, the operator of a street organ * "Grinder" (song), 1980s Judas Priest song

Television

* ''The Grinder'' (TV series), a 2015 American sitcom * Grinder (biohacking community), also known as a biohacker, designer and installer of DIY body enhancements

Sports

* Grinder (hockey), an ice hockey player whose primary function is checking opponents *

Grinder (sailing position) A grinder is a crew member on a yacht whose duties include operating manual winches (called "coffee grinders") that raise and trim the sails and move the boom. It is a physically demanding role with a significant impact on a racing yacht's overall ...

, a specific role in yachting, whose primary role is to use winches to control the sails

Ships

* , several ships of the Royal Navy