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20 Kitchen vocabulary terms
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- blender
- noun
- an electric mixing machine used in food preparation for liquidizing, chopping, or pureeing.
- Example: Blend the flesh of one of the avocados with a stick blender until smooth.
- fr: un mixer
- broiler
- noun
- a gridiron, grill, or special part of a stove for cooking meat or fish by exposure to direct heat.
- Example: She turned on the broiler and buttered some bread.
- fr: grill
- colander
- noun
- a perforated bowl used to strain off liquid from food after washing or cooking.
- Example: Use a colander to drain the water and thoroughly rinse the seeds.
- fr: une passoire
- cutting board
- noun
- a durable board on which to place material for cutting.
- Example: Place the chicken breast flat on a cutting board.
- fr: planche a découper
- dishwasher
- noun
- a machine for washing dishes automatically.
- Example: Neither said anything while Dean began to clear the dishwasher from last evening's meal.
- fr: lave-vaisselle
- electric stove
- noun
- An electric stove or electric range is a stove with an integrated electrical heating device to cook and bake.
- Example: We use an electric stove as electricity is much cheaper and readily available.
- fr: plaques élécrtiques
- faucet
- noun
- a device that controls the flow of liquid, especially water, from a pipe.
- Example: Hot water flows from the faucet.
- fr: un robinet
- frying pan
- noun
- a shallow pan with a long handle, used for cooking food in hot fat or oil.
- Example: Brown the mince in a frying pan.
- fr: une poêle
- garbage disposal
- noun
- an electrically operated device fitted to the waste pipe of a kitchen sink for grinding up food waste.
- Example: He dumped the rest in the garbage disposal and turned it on, returning a few minutes later with the other bottles.
- fr: broyeur a déchets
- gas stove
- noun
- A gas stove is a stove that is fuelled by combustible gas such as syngas, natural gas, propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas or other flammable gas.
- Example: The gas stove must be completely removed from the premises.
- fr: cuisinière a gaz
- kitchen island
- noun
- A kitchen island is a freestanding cabinet which can either match your existing kitchen design or compliment it.
- Example: Around the kitchen island, the teenagers talked about the project and what they have learned.
- fr: ilot de cuisine
- measuring cup
- noun
- a jug or cup marked up in graded amounts, used in cooking.
- Example: Place the measuring cup on a level surface at eye level then add the liquid to your desired measurement.
- fr: verre doseur
- oven
- noun
- an enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food.
- Example: Please take the pizza out of the oven.
- fr: un four
- paring knife
- noun
- A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredient it is majorly used for detailed & controlled cutting.
- Example: crack open the pod with either your fingers or a paring knife and run your thumb along the inside to guide the seeds into a bowl.
- fr: couteau d'office
- pot, pan, saucepan
- noun
- any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for cooking food
- Example: He was stirring a pot of soup.
- fr: casserole
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- Pour
- verb
- Pouring is the act of ordering any liquid substance such as water or liquor from a bottle into a glass by a waiter or the guest itself.
- Example: Pour the sauce over the pasta.
- fr: verser
- sink
- noun
- a sink in a kitchen, used for washing dishes and preparing food.
- Example: I used the sink to clean the tomatoes.
- fr: un évier
- Slice
- verb / noun
- Slicing is the act of cutting a cake, bread, pizza, or any other food item into a small piece.
The piece is called the slice.
- Example: She sliced the lemon in half.
She asked four slices of bread.
- fr: trancher / tranche
- vegetable peeler
- noun
- A kitchen tool used to remove the layers of flesh from vegetables and firm fruits, such as apples, by peeling off thin narrow shavings.
- Example: Use a vegetable peeler to peel the rind from the pumpkin.
- fr: épluche légume
- whisk
- noun / verb
- noun: a utensil for whipping eggs or cream.
verb: beat or stir (a substance, especially cream or eggs) with a light, rapid movement.
- Example: Noun: Beat the eggs with a whisk .
Verb: Whisk the eggs with the cream until the mixture thickens.
- fr: un fouet / fouetter
