food processor
Noun
Meaning
a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades; used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food
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Examples
Both birds and crocs have the identical plan to their specialized gizzard apparatus, and this type of internal food processor is absent in the other "reptiles"
Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy.
Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.