mixer vs thresher

mixer

noun
  • A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below. 

  • A mixing console. 

  • Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners. 

  • A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it. 

  • A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head. 

  • Synonym of tumbler 

  • One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together. 

  • A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment. 

  • One who mixes or socializes. 

  • A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails. 

  • A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year. 

thresher

noun
  • A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement. 

  • Anything or anyone that threshes. 

  • A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail. 

  • Any of several large pelagic sharks of the genus Alopias, which have a very long tail; more commonly called thresher sharks. 

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