(document) shredder

  • 121shred — 1 noun 1 (C) a small thin piece that is torn or cut roughly from something (+ of): a shred of cloth | shreds of dried coconut | tear/rip/cut sth to shreds: Jackie was so mad with Tom she tore all his letters to shreds. 2 in shreds a) torn in many …

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  • 122shred — I UK [ʃred] / US noun [countable] Word forms shred : singular shred plural shreds 1) [usually plural] a long thin piece that was cut or torn from something shred of: shreds of newspaper 2) [often singular] a very small amount of something (not) a …

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  • 123shred — [ʃred] noun [C] I 1) a long thin piece that has been cut or torn from something 2) a very small amount of something There s not a shred of evidence to support his claim.[/ex] II verb [T] shred [ʃred] 1) to destroy a document by putting it into a… …

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