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prebreaker

prebreaker noun: an industrial machine that is used in food processing for the initial grinding or breaking up of large (often frozen) chunks.

Noun

prebreaker (plural prebreakers)

  1. An industrial machine that is used in food processing for the initial grinding or breaking up of large (often frozen) chunks.
    • A hog, basher, hammermill or prebreaker is used to grind the bones, heads, feet, heavy tissues, and whole carcasses into pieces no larger than 2 inches.1958, Edmond S. Harris, George H. Goldsborough, John William Thompson, Number of Days' Supply of Food and Beverages in Retail Food Stores
    • Prebreakers are used to prebreak or crush cocoa presscakes, fats, large fruit or vegetables, whole fish, bones, etc.1963, Maynard Alexander Joslyn, John Laurence Heid, Food Processing Operations, page 426

Examples of prebreaker in a sentence

  • The twelve-inch inclined screw conveyor that runs from the prebreaker to the blow tank is exposed adjacent to the discharge chute from the prebreaker;1974, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Decisions and Orders - Issue 8, page 795:
  • Ideally, the prebreaker, or first step grinder, would be sized to operate at full load.1988, Feed Management - Volume 39, page 35:

Forms of prebreaker

pluralprebreakers

Origin of prebreaker

From pre- + break + -er.

Questions about prebreaker

What does prebreaker mean?
Prebreaker means an industrial machine that is used in food processing for the initial grinding or breaking up of large (often frozen) chunks.
How do you use prebreaker in a sentence?
The twelve-inch inclined screw conveyor that runs from the prebreaker to the blow tank is exposed adjacent to the discharge chute from the prebreaker;
What part of speech is prebreaker?
Prebreaker is a noun.
What is the plural of prebreaker?
The plural of prebreaker is prebreakers.

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