eggbeater
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- noun
- /ˈɛɡˌbiːtər/
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batidor de huevos
- To make fluffy scrambled eggs, whip them thoroughly with an eggbeater until they are foamy.
Examples
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A rusty eggbeater, a chipped bowl, and a set of nesting bowls with the small red one missing.
Fiction book (1997) -
This year, instead of accepting an award, he was fitted with a decorative headpiece and instructed to vigorously spin an eggbeater in the direction of a fellow audience member.
Academic text (2002) -
- If I could just put my eggbeater across.
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But my best is really this eggbeater.
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Or they put up a picture of a cool old eggbeater they picked up at a tag sale.
Blog text (10) -
And I was worried about a couple of hundred for that silly eggbeater.
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I was peddling my eggbeaters and business was a little slow.
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This is an eggbeater.
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I've seen eggbeaters before, ma'am.
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Anna, all made up and wearing high heels and a strapless cocktail dress covered by a little organdy apron, stood in front of the stove with an eggbeater in her hand.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A kitchen machine that combines and beats ingredients for cooking or baking
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A tool that mixes food or removes dust from a carpet
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A small tool you hold to mix and beat food such as batter and cream
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A tool for stirring or beating cream to make butter
A kitchen tool with a handle and thin wire loops used to beat eggs or cream
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Etymology
Eggbeater is a simple combination of egg and beater, where 'beater' means 'something that beats' or mixes quickly. So an eggbeater is the kitchen tool you use to beat eggs or whip cream.