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Meaning of papershredder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Rare form of paper shredder

form-of, rare

Examples

“On January 4, 1983, EPA brought papershredders in to destroy "excess copies" of the subpoenaed documents.”
“On this word, in the eternal race between photocopier and papershredder, the shredder has won out; the ban on its use at the center of power goes beyond "executive privilege" to the depths of primitive taboo.”
“Think of it like the "memory hole" in George Orwell's 1984, or a wastebasket with a papershredder in it — don't send any information here you expect to retrieve, /dev/null is often used conversationally, as in "Send all complaints to /dev/null."”
“The basement looked like the aftermath of some monstrous experiment involving rabid squirrels, a papershredder, tequila and cottage cheese. Awful.”
“It has built into it a papershredder, tape recorder, telephone, TV set to monitor who's at my front and back doors, pencil sharpeners, night light, a radio ... a lot of things.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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