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food turner

food turner

3.0
A flat, flexible tool with a long handle for turning pancakes or eggs
  • noun
translation icon : espátula
  • She used a food turner to flip the pancakes without breaking them.

Examples

  • You can use a food turner to serve omelettes easily.

  • The nonstick food turner was her favorite tool in the kitchen.

  • I need a new food turner for my kitchen.

  • The food turner is essential for flipping pancakes.

  • She used a food turner to flip the pancakes without breaking them.

  • The nonstick food turner was her favorite tool in the kitchen.

  • You can use a food turner to serve omelettes easily.

Synonyms

spatula
vsfood turner
36 1.5

A flat, thin tool with a handle for lifting and turning food like pancakes

focuses on turning and serving cooked items rather than mixing or spreading
server
vsfood turner
2 3.2

A flat tool for lifting and moving pieces of food, such as cake

is mainly for turning and serving food during cooking rather than just serving portions
turner
vsfood turner
1 2.9

A flat kitchen tool with a long handle used to turn food

is the same but gives examples of foods it handles
pancake turner
vsfood turner
2.7

A flat tool with a wide blade for flipping pancakes and lifting other food while cooking

is used for turning and serving many food types not only flat items

How Flexible

spatula
36 1.5
food turner
3.0

Surface Forms

food turner singular
food turners plural

Morphology

food + turner

The meaning is directly and transparently compositional: 'food' (what is eaten) + 'turner' (a tool for turning) yields a utensil used to turn or serve food, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the function. This noun–noun compound follows a common cross‑linguistic compounding pattern for naming tools, making the MWE readily understandable without prior exposure.

Etymology

The noun food turner comes from the simple idea of its parts food and turner: its flat, flexible blade slips under pancakes, eggs, or burgers so you can 'turn' or lift them. That's why the name means a tool for turning or serving food.