Blenders

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A machine used in cooking to mix, crush, or puree food and liquids
2. An electrical device that blends ingredients together into a smooth consistency
3. A device commonly found in kitchens that combines and pulverizes various foods

Etymology: "Blenders" is the plural of "blender," which is simply the English verb "blend" with the agent suffix "-er," meaning a thing that does the blending. The verb itself came into English from Old Norse "blanda," meaning to mix, and it has been used in English for several centuries. The suffix "-er" traces back through Old English and Germanic roots, so the device name is a plain, transparent formation built from two familiar parts. The pieces are old, but the kitchen appliance is a much newer invention. The name works the way many machine names do: a tool named for the action it performs, so the device that blends is called a blender. Its history as a household machine belongs to the twentieth century, and the word simply moved from the action to the appliance.

Synonyms: mixers, processors, liquidizers