An weed grinder (or simply, a grinder) is a cylindrical device with two halves or more that separate and have sharp teeth or pegs aligned in such a way that when both halves are turned, material inside is shredded. Very fine material (kief or trichomes) falls into compartments below. Sometimes intended for use with herbs and spices for cooking, they are mostly used to shred marijuana, resulting in a product that can be more easily hand-rolled into a "joint" that burns more evenly. Herb grinders are typically made of either metal (aluminum, bronze and steel) or plastic and come in a variety of colors and polished metals.
Some grinders have three or more compartments instead of just two, with very fine screens separating the bottom compartments from the ones above, thus allowing the marijuana trichomes, also called kief, to be collected separately. Due to the popularity of marijuana, grinders have become a symbol in the weed community with many cool grinders appearing using pop culture objects such as a star-wars death star and a Pokemon ball.
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