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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• food mill vs. food processor

Example Sentences

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food processor

Alas, since there aren’t any emotional stakes, the action scenes are about as interesting as seeing tomatoes being put through the food processor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Thompson makes his dough by hand; in the recipe here, I give instructions for doing it in a food processor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

If the squash is destined for a toast, dip or sandwich, I like to grate it or pulse it in the food processor into coarse shreds — just shy of a purée.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 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

While Uncle Vernon made furious telephone calls to the post office and the dairy trying to find someone to complain to, Aunt Petunia shredded the letters in her food processor.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Related Words

• blender
• mixer