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The appliance that turns dinner's leftovers into a tiny thunderstorm under your sink.

means The act or means of getting rid of something, or the mechanical device under a sink that grinds up food waste.

from From Latin 'disponere' — dis- ('apart') plus ponere ('to place') — meaning to arrange or distribute. Through French 'disposer' it entered English meaning to arrange or settle matters, and only later picked up the sense of 'throwing away' or 'discarding,' as something settled or finished with. The kitchen gadget sense is a 20th-century American add-on, naming the device by what it does to your garbage.

invented
1927, by architect John Hammes
never put in
bones, grease, and fibrous celery strings
jam fix
hex wrench slot hides underneath for manual turning
myth busted
running water helps, but ice does not sharpen blades
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