Grinder may refer to:

Machinery

*Various types of

grinding machine A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is a power tool (or machine tool) used for grinding. It is a type of machining using an abrasive wheel as the cutting tool. Each grain of abrasive on the wheel's surface cuts a small chip from th ...

, 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 burr mill, or burr grinder, is a mill used to grind hard, small food products between two revolving abrasive surfaces separated by a distance usually set by the user. When the two surfaces are set far apart, the resulting ground material is co ...

, a machine used for grinding coffee ** Herb grinder, 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) attach ...

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

People

* Grinder (surname) * Bob Baker (boxer) (1926–2002), American heavyweight boxer nicknamed "The Grinder" *

Michael Mizrachi Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player who won the 2010, 2012 and 2018 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship. Mizrachi also has two World Poker Tour titles, and he finished 5th in the ...

(born 1981), American professional poker player nicknamed "The Grinder" *

Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Hi ...

(born 1948), Canadian retired professional snooker player, nicknamed "The Grinder"

Places

* Grinder, Norway, a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway * Grinder Island, Marshall Archipelago, Antarctica * Grinder Rock, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica * Grinder's Stand, 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 spuck ...

, 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 cle ...

, a footwear brand

Arts and entertainment

Games

* ''The Grinder'' (video game), an unreleased video game * '' Młynek (Nine Men's Morris)'', 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 com ...

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

Television

* ''The Grinder'' (TV series), a 2015 American sitcom *

Grinder (biohacking community) Body hacking is the application of the hacker ethic (often in combination with a high risk tolerance) in pursuit of enhancement or change to the body's functions through technological means, such as do-it-yourself cybernetic devices or by intr ...

, also known as a biohacker, designer and installer of DIY body enhancements

Sports

Grinder (hockey) In ice hockey, a grinder is a player better known for his hard work and checking than his scoring. A grinder is often a player who has limited offensive skills, but is valuable to a hockey team due to physical forechecking skills especially alon ...

, 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