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food mill

food mill noun: a utensil for mashing and sieving soft foods, typically consisting of a bowl, a bottom plate with holes like those in a colander, and a crank fitted with a bent metal blade which crushes the food and forces it through the holes in the plate.

Noun

food mill (plural food mills)

  1. A utensil for mashing and sieving soft foods, typically consisting of a bowl, a bottom plate with holes like those in a colander, and a crank fitted with a bent metal blade which crushes the food and forces it through the holes in the plate.
    Synonyms:
    moulinette

Synonyms of food mill

Forms of food mill

pluralfood mills

Questions about food mill

What does food mill mean?
Food mill means a utensil for mashing and sieving soft foods, typically consisting of a bowl, a bottom plate with holes like those in a colander, and a crank fitted with a bent metal blade which crushes the food and forces it through the holes in the plate.
What part of speech is food mill?
Food mill is a noun.
What is the plural of food mill?
The plural of food mill is food mills.

Words near food mill in the dictionary

  1. food intolerances
  2. food line
  3. food literacies
  4. food literacy
  5. food miles
  6. food mill
  7. food mills
  8. food mixer
  9. food mixers
  10. food noise
  11. food oases

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