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whisk

whisk

7 2.1
A kitchen tool of wires and a handle for beating eggs or cream
  • noun
  • /wɪsk/
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  • Add the egg yolks to the chocolate, one by one, beating with a whisk until incorporated.
  • a wire whisk
  • use a whisk
  • a bowl with a whisk

The funkiest looking whisk I have ever seen yet.

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Examples

  • Melt the chocolate and butter together and stir with a whisk until smooth.

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  • In a large bowl, use a whisk to combine the flour and sugar until well blended.

  • Using a wire whisk for the first time proved essential!

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  • You take an egg and you beat it very hard in a bowl with a whisk.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • As soon as this deep color is achieved, use a wire whisk and quickly stir in the warm cream.

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  • Stir the roux constantly with a whisk for 5-7 minutes.

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  • In a medium bowl, add your ricotta and eggs and beat with a whisk until smooth and incorporated.

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  • Stir in flour with a wire whisk; cook, stirring until the flour is light brown, about 3 or 4 minutes.

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  • The whisk hanging beside the stove glints, its graceful curves looping into a perfect, airy teardrop of steel.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • She grabbed the whisk to mix the cream and make it fluffy for the dessert.

Synonyms

utensil
vswhisk
41 1.3

A tool used for cooking or eating

is a kitchen-specific wire tool for mixing and whipping food ingredients
mixer
vswhisk
37 1.5

A kitchen machine that combines and beats ingredients for cooking or baking

is a handheld tool using wire loops for manual whipping and stirring
kitchen utensil
vswhisk
3 1.4

A tool like a spoon or knife that people use in the kitchen to prepare food

is a specific wire-loop tool designed for mixing and whipping ingredients
cooking utensil
vswhisk
2 2.0

A kitchen tool for preparing, cooking, or serving food like a spatula

is made as a lightweight wire tool not focused on heat resistance
eggbeater
vswhisk
1 2.6

A hand tool with rotating blades used to beat eggs or whip cream

operates by moving wire loops rather than rotating blades
eggwhisk
vswhisk
2.4

A kitchen tool with a handle and thin wire loops used to beat eggs or cream

is used more broadly for many ingredients beyond eggs and cream

Compounds

1 4.9

A small hand brush with a short handle for cleaning clothes and small areas

whisk fern
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical plant with thin branching stems that look like a small brush and have no roots

How Powerful

stand mixer
3 3.4
hand mixer
1 2.8
whisk
7 2.1
spoon
146 1.0

Surface Forms

whisk singular
whisks plural

Etymology

The word whisk for the kitchen tool comes from those old small brushes used to beat or stir food, which is why a whisk today is a hand tool that makes quick, light movements to mix eggs or cream.