单词 | potato-mill |
释义 | > as lemmaspotato-mill potato-mill n. now rare a mill for processing potatoes, esp. a mill for grinding potatoes to flour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > grinder mortareOE mortle1570 mill1588 metate1625 potato-mill1812 food mill1857 Moulinette1936 Mouli1937 mouli-légumes1959 moulin à legumes1959 moulin1962 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 339 It resembles a potatoe-mill. 1878 Proc. Royal Soc. 28 452 Probably the best way of obtaining pure starch from these animals would be by imitating the mechanical process of the potato mill. 2005 Wichita (Kansas) Eagle (Nexis) 26 Aug. b6 Sullivan estimated the building has been vacant for about 20 years. She said she heard it was once a potato mill, built in 1917. < as lemmas |
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