food processor

Meaning

A food processor is an electric kitchen appliance used for chopping, slicing, shredding, pureeing, and mixing ingredients quickly. Unlike a blender, it usually has interchangeable blades and disks, and is designed to handle solid or semi-solid foods with little to no liquid.

Examples

• I used the food processor to shred three cups of carrots in seconds.

  I used the food processor to shred three cups of carrots in seconds.

• You can make homemade pesto easily by throwing all the ingredients into a food processor.

  You can make homemade pesto easily by throwing all the ingredients into a food processor.

• Does this food processor come with a dough blade attachment?

  Does this food processor come with a dough blade attachment?

• Cleaning the blades of the food processor can be a bit dangerous if you aren't careful.

  Cleaning the blades of the food processor can be a bit dangerous if you aren't careful.

• Pulse the flour and butter in the food processor until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

  Pulse the flour and butter in the food processor until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I blended the vegetables in the food process.

  ✓ I processed the vegetables in the food processor.

  The machine is a 'food processor' (noun). 'Food process' is not a noun for an appliance, and 'process' is the verb action.

• ✗ Put the tomatoes in the food mixer to chop them.

  ✓ Put the tomatoes in the food processor to chop them.

  A stand mixer is used for baking batters and doughs, whereas a 'food processor' has sharp blades designed for chopping and slicing solid foods.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Instead of chopping the onions by hand, just throw them into the ___.

  💡 An appliance with interchangeable blades used for chopping and slicing.

  Show answer

  food processor

• You will need a powerful ___ to grind these nuts into butter.

  💡 This device easily handles dry, solid ingredients without needing liquid.

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  food processor