Melangeur
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Melangeur is a noun meaning An instrument, essentially a capillary tube with a bulb at one end, for drawing and diluting specimens of blood for examination.
Meaning
An instrument, essentially a capillary tube with a bulb at one end, for drawing and diluting specimens of blood for examination.
More Meanings
- A machine for grinding ingredients and mixing them when making chocolate (or rarely nut butter, etc), consisting of roller stones inside a drum.
Example Sentences
The nib, coarse or finely ground, is mixed with the sugar in a kind of edgerunner or grinding-mixer, called a melangeur. This consists of two heavy millstones supported on a granite floor.
The melangeur Mabel and I had set up two days ago to grind the beans and sugar together was still churning away. I peeked into the grinder. Surprisingly, the mixture had turned into a silky smooth liquid. “That's the chocolate liquor,”[…]
Word Forms
- melangeurs
- melanger
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include melanger, concher, mixer, blender, grinder, extructor.
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