melanger
/məˈlɑnʒɚ/
melanger is the alternative form of melangeur.
Meaning of melangeur
Noun
melangeur (plural melangeurs)
- A machine for grinding ingredients and mixing them when making chocolate (or rarely nut butter, etc), consisting of roller stones inside a drum.
- The nib, coarse or finely ground, is mixed with the sugar in a kind of edgerunner or grinding-mixer, called a melangeur. This consists of two heavy millstones supported on a granite floor.1921, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, page 750
- An instrument, essentially a capillary tube with a bulb at one end, for drawing and diluting specimens of blood for examination.
Forms of melanger
| plural | melangers |
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Questions about melanger
- What is melanger the alternative form of?
- Melanger is the alternative form of melangeur.
- How do you pronounce melanger?
- Melanger is pronounced /məˈlɑnʒɚ/.
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