batter
/ˈbætɝ/
noun
a mixture consisting of flour, milk, and eggs, used for making pancakes, or for covering food before frying
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1Batters reach base on error about 1% of the time.
2Spreading batter evenly.
3Loose pancake batter
4Both time and weather batter the house.
5Divide the cake batter evenly into the six small mixing bowls.
to blend
/ˈbɫɛnd/
verb
to combine different substances together
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1Scientists basically blend up a bunch of these hydra.
2Blend those Cheetos.
3This game blends grand strategy, turn-based empire management, and spectacular real-time battles.
4Blend frozen banana, coconut milk, spirulina, cucumber, and spinach together.
5Blend that shake!
to carve
/ˈkɑɹv/
verb
to cut a piece of cooked meat into smaller pieces
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1These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins.
2Carve some walrus tusk?
3Computer program tools carve different shapes out of the steel.
4And glaciers still carve the windswept terrain.
5Windblown sands and dust carve the stone into eerie goblin silhouettes.
to deep-fry
/dˈiːpfɹˈaɪ/
verb
to cook food by holding it under oil
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1Where everything is deep-fried.
2At what point are we deep-frying this mayonnaise?
3Is it deep-frying water?
4The slices are tossed in the flour and deep-fried.
5That means, most recipes feature liver deep-fried in oil.
to defrost
/dɪˈfɹɔst/
verb
to make frozen food free of ice by heating it; to become free of ice by being heated
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1- So defrost is about 30% power.
2My squid is defrosted.
3This feature will defrost the back windows.
4Defrosting that sauce.
5"We had to defrost a koala."
to digest
/ˈdaɪdʒɛst/, /daɪˈdʒɛst/
verb
to break down food in the body and to absorb its nutrients and necessary substances
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1They use enzymes to digest their food, and what they leave behind are byproducts of that process.
2Dogs can absolutely digest grains.
3These parasites don’t digest their own food.
4Digest that for a second.
5Some cells digest collagen.
to mash
/ˈmæʃ/
verb
to crush food into a soft mass
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1Mythical Beasts, many things have been mashed.
2- Mash that foot down?
3see the mash.
4- Mashed, with gravy?
5- Mashed with a slight amount of cheese.
to reheat
/ɹɪhˈiːt/
verb
to heat cooked food again
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1Probably to reheat pizza.
2Probably to reheat pizza.
3I reheat my coffee a bit too much.
4Don't reheat noodles.
5- It reheats well.
to grate
/ˈɡɹeɪt/
verb
to use a grater to cut food into small pieces
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1- Grate the lemon.
2Grate the cheese inside.
3Instructions First, finely grate the raw potato pulp.
4Grate the rind of two oranges on a fine grater.
5Grate yourself a nice big mound of Gruyere.
to grind
/ˈɡɹaɪnd/
verb
to break something into powder or very small pieces by using a special device or putting it between two hard surfaces
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1Our wheels grind the crack allure of '66.
2This oughta grind Kevin’s gears.
3- We both grind our teeth.
4Grind a tablespoon of whole cloves.
5Maybe grind the umami ingredients into the beef.
to simmer
/ˈsɪmɝ/
verb
to cook something by keeping it near boiling point; to be cooked using this method
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1My rage has simmered over the years.
2Simmer until gelatin has dissolved.
3My curry is simmering away.
4Chef Kubo's tonkatsu ramen broth simmers for 60 hours.
5Simmering. -
to steam
/ˈstim/
verb
to cook or be cooked using the steam of boiling water
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1Then the train steamed away.
2People steam unripe green bananas over boiling water.
3Steam transmits the heat a lot faster than just dry air.
4But this device steams your music.
5Steam milk. -
to stew
/ˈstu/
verb
to cook or be cooked at a low temperature in liquid in a closed container
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1I love stew.
2Brunswick stew on the inside.
3I love stew.
4Beef and potato stew Another solid pick for your cold!
5Our tomato stewed white beans.
to warm up
/wˈɔːɹm ˈʌp/
verb
‌to make cooked food warm again
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1Just warm up this little hand.
2The steering wheel warms up.
3- Warm up the right way.
4Warm up!
5- Warmed up.
to whip
/ˈhwɪp/, /ˈwɪp/
verb
to quickly beat cream or eggs until stiff
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1The Hemisphere blade really kinda whipped the product inside the blender.
2Whip some cream.
3Whip the egg whites.
4Whip, hear the sound.
5First, whip your LinkedIn profile into shape.
to squeeze
/ˈskwiz/
verb
to force liquid out of something by firmly twisting or pressing it
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1Squeeze a little bit of lime on there.
2- Squeezing your invisible boobies?
3Squeezing the juice of one lime.
4Then squeeze the throttle.
5Squeeze your bits.
bland
/ˈbɫænd/
adjective
(of drink or food) having no pleasant or strong flavor
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1None of these places have bland food.
2So food in space, tastes sort of bland.
3Honestly, the first bite was really bland.
4Bland chicken be gone.
5- Making bland food.
chunky
/ˈtʃəŋki/
adjective
(of food) having large pieces
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1Really chunky HDMI cable.
2I love it chunky.
3The charger in the box is chunky for good reason.
4- I like that, chunky.
5Chunky chat masala though.
chewy
/ˈtʃui/
adjective
(of food) requiring to be chewed a lot in order to be swallowed easily
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1The snake was chewy.
2Chewy's around.
3Chewy what comes to mind for Lowell Lewis
4So brown sugar makes cookie a little bit chewy.
5Adults and kids alike love delicious, chewy Rice Krispie treats.
creamy
/ˈkɹimi/
adjective
having a smooth and soft texture like cream
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1Egg yolks are extremely creamy.
2These beans are creamy.
3The sauce is creamy.
4The sauce is so creamy.
5So this one is creamier.
crispy
/ˈkɹɪspi/
adjective
(of food) having a pleasant, dry, and hard texture or surface
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1Sugar makes pastries crispy.
2The edges are crispy.
3The calamari looks crispy in some places.
4Definitely crispy, impressive speckling and color.
5The tofu's like really crispy.
crunchy
/ˈkɹəntʃi/
adjective
(of food) firm and making a sharp sound when bitten
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1The outside is crunchy.
2His sticks are crunchy!
3Those peppers stay crunchy.
4The pickles are crunchy.
5The pickles are crunchy.
tinned
/tˈɪnd/
adjective
(of food) preserved and sold in a can

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appetite
/ˈæpəˌtaɪt/
noun
the feeling of wanting food
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1It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst.
2The bottom is appetite.
3The fear overrules the appetite.
4And those combinations of hormones do increase appetite.
5Resistant starch can also satisfy your appetite.
banquet
/ˈbæŋkwət/
noun
a large and formal meal for many people, often for a special event
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1When's the banquet?
2When's this banquet happening?
3When's the banquet?
4Banquet has to go fast.
5The small birds were taking their farewell banquets.
feast
/ˈfist/
noun
a meal with fine food or a large meal for many people celebrating a special event
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1Eagles feast on the stampede of flesh.
2So feast your eyes on this veritable cornucopia of awesome anime on The Dan Cave's Annual Fall Anime Guide.
3- Bring on my witches feast.
4Feast your ears.
5Feast your eyes on Sun Mingming, the tallest professional basketball player in the world.
brunch
/ˈbɹəntʃ/
noun
a meal served late in the morning, as a combination of breakfast and lunch
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1You want brunch?
2You want brunch?
3I have photos of, like, brunch.
4Serve brunch.
5I love brunch so much.
buffet
/ˈbəfət/, /bəˈfeɪ/
noun
a meal with many dishes from which people serve themselves at a table and then eat elsewhere
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1Our buffet has the best food of any buffet.
2this buffet got a new lease on life from a simple paint job.
3You love buffets.
4Buffets are great.
5We like buffets.
teatime
/tˈiːtaɪm/
noun
a time in the early evening or afternoon when people have a light meal
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1-What is it, teatime?
2And then one at teatime, which is like four o'clock? - Yeah. -
3Traditionally, the family exchanges gifts on Christmas Eve during teatime.
4If she likes teatime with Barbie, ok!
5You might always do a reading time at teatime at 4:00 o'clock say.
corkscrew
/ˈkɔɹksˌkɹu/
noun
a small tool with a pointy spiral metal for pulling out corks from bottles
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1Corkscrew like that.
2Bar Craft stainless steel, Lazy Fish corkscrew.
3The tunnel was a tight corkscrew.
4He corkscrews his rival with a triple barrel roll.
5Corkscrews, dumps it over into the oncoming lane of traffic.
glassware
/ˈɡɫæsˌwɛɹ/
noun
objects that are made of glass, particularly ones used for eating and drinking
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1Paper wrappers and paper cups replaced the dishes and glassware.
2Corning also makes glassware for labs in the pharmaceutical industry.
3Her family makes glassware.
4In terms of glassware, the gold standard for whiskey tasting is the Glencairn glass.
5Keep a very close eye on the colorful closeout glassware.
tureen
/tjɚɹˈiːn/
noun
a deep dish with a lid, used for serving soup
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1they open up a little silver tureen.
2Instead of the plastic paneled buffet bar with its red heat lamps, long cloth covered tables bore silver tureens of punch, and pyramids of petit fours and chocolate strawberries.
3It was the consumption of what Mandeville called fripperies: hats, bonnets, gloves, butter dishes, soup tureens, shoehorns and hair clips that provided the engine for national prosperity and allowed the government to do in practice what the church only knew how to sermonise about in theory: make a genuine difference to the lives of the weak and the poor.
4Then they took their places round a high soup tureen, from which issued an odor of cabbage.
5"Cut half a pound of sweet almonds blanched in very fine thin fillets, put them in a small tureen with four ounces of powdered sugar, half a tablespoon of flour the peel of an orange (grated), two whole eggs, the yolk of another and a grain of salt."

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