different between blender vs liquidizer

English

Etymology

From blend +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bl?nd?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(r)

Noun

blender (plural blenders)

1. A machine outfitted with sharp blades, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.

   Synonyms: liquidiser, liquidizer, (Australia) vitamiser, (Australia) vitamizer

   Hyponym: immersion blender

   Coordinate terms: food processor, mixer

2. (theater) A piece of fabric sewn into the front of a theatrical wig to make it blend in with the performer's natural hair.
   • 2013, Martha Ruskai, Allison Lowery, Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film (page 80)

     A blender is added to a wig in the same way that a quick front is added. It can be added at the same time as the fronting lace is added or after the wig is completed.

3. (quilting) A subtly patterned fabric printed in different shades of a single color, often used in place of a solid to create visual texture.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brendel, Brendle, reblend

Cebuano

Etymology

From English blender.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: blen?der

Noun

blender

1. a blender

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:blender.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blender (1958).

Noun

blender c (singular definite blenderen, plural indefinite blendere)

1. blender, machine for mashing

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb blende; compare with German Blende. In sense 3 possibly from English blender, as in Danish.

Noun

blender m (definite singular blenderen, indefinite plural blendere, definite plural blenderne)

1. a diaphragm (in a camera lens)
2. aperture (the variable opening of the diaphragm)
3. a blender (kitchen appliance)

Synonyms

• blenderåpning (aperture)

See also

• blendar (Nynorsk)

References

• “blender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English blender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?n.d?r/

Noun

blender m inan

1. blender (machine outfitted with sharp blades, for mashing, crushing or liquefying food ingredients)

Declension

Further reading

• blender in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• blender in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

blender m (plural blenderes)

1. blender

English

Alternative forms

• liquidiser

Etymology

liquidize +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

liquidizer (plural liquidizers)

1. (Australia, India, Britain) A machine to chop or puree food; a blender.
   • 1976, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, volume 3, issues 1-3, page 154:

     […] tissue was disrupted using a Moulinex liquidizer and 0-5% bovine serum albumin was added to the isolating and resuspending media.

   • 2013, Rosamunde Pilcher, Flowers In the Rain & Other Stories ?ISBN:

     She bought herself a second-hand Mini and in no time at all was busy as a bee, driving herself around London with pots and pans, cooking knives and liquidizers all piled up on the back seat.

   • 2013, Leah Leneman, The Tofu Cookbook: Over 150 quick and easy recipes ?ISBN

     Place a cupful of the soaked beans in a liquidizer, add a cupful of cold water and blend.

Usage notes

• In Australia and India, the term may be uncommon, technical or dated.
• The term is found in some technical and trade publications in the US; it may be dated.

Quotations

• 2000, Eric Morris, Corregidor: The American Alamo of World War II ?ISBN, page 145:

  By now Erickson, like so many of the pilots, was flying without oxygen. The liquidizers and compressor plant had been early casualties of war at Nichols Field. Instead they flew on a mixture of quinine and atropine.

Synonyms

• blender (US)
• vitamiser, vitamizer (Australia)

Related terms

• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidation
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquor

Translations

See also

• food processor
• mixer