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

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

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 • Jun. 7, 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

The Owner stuck a tentative finger into the food processor, where his first batch of his mothers peanut butter sat, waiting.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Related Words

• blender
• mixer