eggbeater — ozdic

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.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

flat, large, lower

VERB + EGGBEATER

wire

EGGBEATER + NOUN

oysters

PREP.

with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream

eggwhisk

noun — an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rot

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time.

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02

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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03

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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Usage Notes

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