food processor

American  

noun

food processors plural

1. an electric appliance with interchangeable blades within a closed container into which food is inserted for slicing, shredding, mincing, chopping, puréeing, or otherwise processing at high speeds.

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food processor British  

noun

1. cookery an electric domestic appliance designed to speed the preparation and mixing of ingredients by automatic chopping, grating, blending, etc

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• food processing
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• food processors
  plural

Etymology

Origin of food processor

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

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food processor

To make, blend together garlic, pine nuts, lemon juice, salt and basil in a food processor or blender.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

So are saccharine dishes like the cranberry orange relish that Michael Donnelly-Boylen sweetened with long pours of sugar into a food processor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

On the morning of the lunch, Ms Patterson recounted frying off some garlic, shallots and several trays of supermarket-bought mushrooms that had been finely chopped in a food processor.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

In a food processor, place fresh herbs, green onions, citrus juice, zest, 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil and salt and pepper.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

My brain feels like it’s been pushed through a food processor.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Related Words

• blender
• mixer