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bench grinder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A grinder, typically with a pair of grinding wheels (one at each end of the motor shaft) that is designed to be permanently mounted on a workbench.

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24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: tafelslijpmachine — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Dutch: slijpmachine — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Finnish: penkkihiomakone — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Finnish: smirgeli — workbench-mounte grinder
  • French: touret à meuler — workbench-mounte grinder
  • German: Doppelschleifmaschine — workbench-mounte grinder
  • German: Schleifmaschine — workbench-mounte grinder
  • German: Doppelschleifer — workbench-mounte grinder
  • German: Schleifbock — workbench-mounte grinder
  • German: Doppelschleifbock — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Italian: smerigliatrice da banco — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Italian: mola da banco — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Italian: molatrice da banco — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Italian: smerigliatrice — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Italian: mola — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Italian: molatrice — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Portuguese: esmeril — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Portuguese: motoesmeril — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Serbo-Croatian: radionička brusilica — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Spanish: esmeril de banco — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Spanish: esmeriladora de banco — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Spanish: electroesmeriladora — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Spanish: esmeriladora — workbench-mounte grinder
  • Swedish: bänkslipmaskin — workbench-mounte grinder