A device for cracking the shell of a nut to reach the kernel.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tools for preparing fruit or nuts (18) nutcracker1481 A device for cracking the shell of a nut to reach the kernel. nut-crack1570 = nutcracker, n. 1a. Now rare. nutcrackers1600 In plural in same sense; applied spec. to such a device consisting of two pivoted limbs. Frequently as a pair of nutcrackers. crackera1640 An instrument for cracking or crushing something; a crusher; spec. in plural nut-crackers. crack-nut1656 A nut-cracker. Now dialect. orange-strainer1688 a utensil for straining the juice of an orange. apple scoop1696 a scoop or spoon, typically made of bone, used to bore into apples, esp. in order to remove the core. orange-peel cutter1757 General attributive, as orange-peel cutter, orange-peel oil, orange-peel water, etc. apple corer1778 an instrument for cutting out the core of apples. lemon-squeezer1781 (a) an instrument for expressing the juice from a lemon; also figurative; (b) Australian and New Zealand colloquial, a hat with a peaked crown and… corer1789 An instrument for taking out the core of fruit. orange squeezer1815 seeder1865 Originally U.S. A device for extracting seeds from fruit. Cf. seed, v. 9. sweat-box1870 (a) a narrow cell in which a prisoner is confined (slang); also U.S., a room in which a prisoner undergoes intensive questioning (see quot. 1931)… reamer1894 Cookery (originally North American). A utensil or appliance for extracting juice from citrus fruit, typically having a conical, ridged projection… stemmer1898 A machine for stemming grapes, etc. juicer1938 An appliance used to extract juice from fruit and vegetables. zester1963 A utensil designed to remove the outer rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruit in thin shreds. |
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