Definition of "sander" [sander]

• One that sands, especially: (noun)
• A device that spreads sand on roads. (noun)
• Such a device together with the truck that carries it. (noun)
• A machine having a powered abrasive-covered disk or belt, used for smoothing or polishing surfaces: a floor sander. (noun)

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• "Andrew Testa/Panos for The Wall Street Journal Nic Fiddian-Green uses a handheld sander to smooth a section of a fiberglass model that will be finished in lead."
• "Their source is the artist, three meters above me on an improvised platform at the front of a fork-lift truck, using a handheld sander to smooth a colossal section of a fiberglass model."
• "Other tools in the line include an auto hammer, multi-tool, circular saw, sander, drill/driver, and LED light."