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hasher

hasher

1 7.7
A kitchen tool that chops food into small pieces for dishes like hash
  • noun
  • /ˈhæʃər/
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  • The hasher made quick work of the vegetables.

Examples

  • In the restaurant kitchen, the old hasher was replaced with a more efficient model.

  • After buying a new hasher, she found it much easier to chop vegetables for soups.

  • The chef used a hasher to quickly prepare the potatoes for the breakfast hash.

  • I bought a new hasher for my kitchen.

  • Using a hasher makes preparing our breakfast hash much quicker and easier.

  • She carefully used the hasher to chop the vegetables for the dish.

  • To make the perfect hash, he relied on his trusty hasher to mince the meat and potatoes.

Synonyms

grinder
vshasher
  • Specialized
27 2.5

A machine that crushes materials, for example coffee beans

is for mincing or chopping food to create mixed dishes like hash
meat grinder
vshasher
1 1.8

A kitchen machine that cuts meat into small pieces

is for chopping or mincing various foods to make hash

How Fine

mincer
  • UK
1 2.4
hasher
1 7.7
cleaver
28 3.5

Surface Forms

hasher singular
hashers plural

Morphology

hasher = hash (transparent) = hash + er

Agentive formation from the verb 'hash' with the productive suffix '-er' yields an instrument or person that performs hashing, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Hasher comes from hash, which comes from the old French verb hacher meaning 'to chop'. So a hasher is a tool that 'chops' food into small pieces for making hash.