chopper
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈtʃɑːpər/
- US
:
cuchillo de carnicero
- And we have this new chopper thing that I bought for $3.99 when I went to Ikea about a month ago, and I still can't put it together after my husband used it to cut up vegetables to make an omelet.
Brian needs a French chopper, you know, and I'm just like, hey, Conor Bryan, it's a French chopper.
- Brian needs a French chopper, you know, and I'm just like, hey, Conor Bryan, it's a French chopper.
Examples
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Give me a chance to break in my new chopper.
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Say, you boys know where I can get my hands on a chopper?
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Get the chopper ready.
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I chopped my cauliflower up with my Pampered Chef food chopper.
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The butcher skillfully used the chopper to chop the beef into smaller pieces.
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Be careful when using the chopper; it's very sharp and can easily slice through meat.
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To prepare the stew, she grabbed the large chopper to cut up the vegetables and meat.
Synonyms
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3.5
A heavy knife with a large square blade used by butchers to cut meat and bone
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A large sharp knife used for cutting meat
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A large heavy knife with a wide rectangular blade used to cut meat and bones
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A large heavy knife for chopping meat and vegetables
A large heavy knife with a wide blade for cutting meat and vegetables
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine that chops and mixes meat quickly with fast blades in a round bowl
How Powerful
- US
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- Specialized
- Specialized
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2.5
- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word chopper for a heavy butcher's knife comes from chop + -er, literally 'something that chops'. A butcher uses this broad blade to 'chop' meat, so the tool is called a chopper.