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Word entry · 6 letters

beater

Best crossword clue

"Whisk-like mixer"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbiːtə/Part of speech nounSorted abeertStarts with BEnds with R2 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2E3A4T5E6R

Definitions

  1. Tool or device used for beating, mixing, or striking.

Word origin

From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English bēatere (“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat + -er. Related to beetle (“a type of mallet”).

Used in a sentence

  • His batwings were somehow more frightening for being the pathetic broken floundering things they were than if they had been strong, muscular beaters of the air.
  • The beaters halted in a group to watch, and some of them could not refrain from clicking their tongues; they thought it queer and rather shocking to see a woman handle a gun.
  • "Our beaters are doing a marvellous job, just listen to them, will you?"

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Whisk-like mixer6 letters
02Kitchen mixing tool6 letters

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