food mill

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food mill

noun food mills

A utensil for mashing and sieving soft foods, typically consisting of a bowl, a bottom plate with holes like those in a colander, and a crank fitted with a bent metal blade which crushes the food and forces it through the holes in the plate.
Similar: moulinette

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@misc{food_mill_2026,
  title = {food mill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/food%20mill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}