food processor

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.

food processor

noun

1. cookery an electric domestic appliance designed to speed the preparation and mixing of ingredients by automatic chopping, grating, blending, etc

Other Word Forms

• food processing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of food processor¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Related Words

• blender
• mixer