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

Compare meaning

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• food mill vs. food processor

Example Sentences

Food processor: Cut the cauliflower into florets and grate them using its grater-disk attachment.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

Another choice: Food processor and blender OR a Vitamix.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2020

Food processor Comigel was not blameless, Hamon said, adding that the paperwork from Spanghero had significant irregularities.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2013

Related Words

• blender
• mixer