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eggbeater
noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
flat, large, lower
VERB + EGGBEATER
wire
EGGBEATER + NOUN
oysters
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs.
2
A (wire) whisk.
With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time.
Bleeding.—Bleeding for therapuetic sera are made with trocar and rubber tube into 2-liter Erlenmeyer flasks having a large flat wire eggbeater to support the clot. After the flask is about half-full, it is tilted on the side where the wire is inserted.
3
A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
4
A helicopter.
He scanned the horizon to the south, searching in vain for the eggbeater.
5
An outboard motor.
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Synonyms
noun — a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream
- eggwhisk
noun — an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rot
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Idioms & Phrases
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With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time.
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Bleeding.—Bleeding for therapuetic sera are made with trocar and rubber tube into 2-liter Erlenmeyer flasks having a large flat wire eggbeater to support the clot. After the flask is about half-full,
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Taking advantage of the fact that a wire eggbeater of the type shown [pictured: a flat whisk] is so easily fastened between a camera tilt-head and the tripod, one photographer used such a beater to st
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