food processor

American  

noun

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

• food processing noun

Etymology

Origin of food processor

First recorded in 1970–75

Compare meaning

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• food mill vs. food processor

Example Sentences

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

To start, pulse the flour, salt and sugar together using a food processor.

From Salon

Lacking panko in my pantry, I sliced some stale Italian bread into cubes and tossed them into a food processor.

From Salon

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

He had some of the ingredients already on hand, but as he was going down the stairs to where the food processor was to make the mayonnaise, Baldwin recalled changing his mind.

From Salon

Related Words

• blender
• mixer