squasher
- noun
- /ˈskwɑːʃər/
- I handed him the squasher so he could make the juice from the ripe fruit.
Examples
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If you do the squashing, I'll be the squasher.
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The chef used a heavy squasher to flatten the garlic cloves.
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They are her best grape squashers.
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To prepare the dough, she picked up the squasher and pressed down firmly.
Synonyms
A machine that breaks large objects into smaller pieces, like rocks or cans
A machine that presses waste or soil to make it smaller
A tool that pushes down to make things flat, like fabric or garlic
A machine that crushes and compacts large items like cans or boxes
A person or machine that makes paper wrinkled
A machine that makes a surface flat and even
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Etymology
Squasher comes from the verb squash, which means 'to crush' or 'make flat', plus the ending -er that means 'one who does something', so a squasher is someone or something that presses down or flattens things.