blender

UK/ˈblɛn.də/US/ˈblɛn.dɚ/

nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,508 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: blenders

A blender is the loud jug machine with spinning blades. Use a blender, a hand blender, blitz it in the blender.

The blade does not chop so much as tear, and the shape of the jug matters as much as the motor because it has to keep pushing the contents back down. Never fill one with anything hot and sealed: the steam expands and blows the lid off.

Definitions of blender

1nounblenderA machine with spinning blades for liquidising food.A2+
“Put the bananas and milk in the blender to make a smoothie.”
- Said"Can I borrow your blender? Mine gave up halfway through a smoothie."
- WrittenCheap blenders roar for ten seconds and then the whole kitchen smells of basil.
- UsedFill the blender no more than two thirds full, or hot soup will force the lid off.
- ContrastA blender, not a knife. A knife chops things smaller; a blender turns them to liquid. knife →
- Not thisA food processor is not a blender, though both have blades. A blender makes drinks; a processor slices.
Patternput sth in the blender · blend until smooth · a hand / stick blender · blender jug

blender is a machine.

Also accepted in games: mixer

Remember it

BLENDer → it BLENDs everything into one

Everything goes in — fruit, milk, ice — the blades spin, and it blends it all into one smooth drink.

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Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*bʰlendʰ-
Proto-Germanic
*blandaną — to blend; mix; combine
Old Norse
blanda — to blend, mix
Old English
blandan
Middle English
blenden
English
blend
English, today
blender

Built from

blendingr · Old Norse — a blending, a mixture; a half-breed

From blend + -er. blend comes from Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽, cu блєсти (“to go astray”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in In the Kitchen

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blender in the wild

Gas blenders may be required by legislation to prove competence if filling for other persons.
Gas blending for scuba diving
In the context of the alcohol industry, a master blender is an individual who develops specific blended spirits using a combination of spirits with different characteristics.
Master blender
Some blenders can be used in a pan while on the stove.
Immersion blender
The Magic Bullet is a compact blender sold by Homeland Housewares, a division of the American company Alchemy Worldwide, and sold in over 50 countries.
Magic Bullet (appliance)
Blendtec is an American company that sells commercial and residential blenders.
Blendtec

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Definitions of blender

1nounblenderA machine with spinning blades for liquidising food.A2+

“Put the bananas and milk in the blender to make a smoothie.”

Said"Can I borrow your blender? Mine gave up halfway through a smoothie."
WrittenCheap blenders roar for ten seconds and then the whole kitchen smells of basil.
UsedFill the blender no more than two thirds full, or hot soup will force the lid off.
ContrastA blender, not a knife. A knife chops things smaller; a blender turns them to liquid. knife →
Not thisA food processor is not a blender, though both have blades. A blender makes drinks; a processor slices.

Patternput sth in the blender · blend until smooth · a hand / stick blender · blender jug

blender is a machine.

Also accepted in games: mixer