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searer

searer noun: a person or machine that sears food.

Noun

searer (plural searers)

  1. A person or machine that sears food.
    • Apart from searers and pans, this section of the kitchen requires two important items of subsidiary equipment, both concerned with sieving or straining, the one for use with the tilting pan and the other with the fixed pan.1969, John Louis Rogers, Production of pre-cooked frozen foods for mass catering, page 21
    • Searers insist that a roast develops a rich crust when seared (it does) and that this crust seals in meat juices (it doesn't). After a lifetime of dutifully cooking roasts in a moderate oven, I've defected to the searers' camp.1982, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 99, page 98

Forms of searer

pluralsearers

Origin of searer

From sear + -er.

Questions about searer

What does searer mean?
Searer means a person or machine that sears food.
What part of speech is searer?
Searer is a noun.
What is the plural of searer?
The plural of searer is searers.

Words near searer in the dictionary

  1. Searcy
  2. Searcy County
  3. Searcys
  4. seared
  5. searedness
  6. searer
  7. searers
  8. searest
  9. seareth
  10. Searfoss
  11. searge

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