Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who kneads; specifically, a mixer of bread; a baker.
  • noun An apparatus by which kneading is mechanically performed; a kneading-machine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who kneads.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who, or machine that kneads dough

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Examples

  • “Lord” comes from the Anglo-Saxon hlaford, “loaf ward,” the master who supplies food; “lady” from hlaefdige, “loaf kneader,” the person whose retinue produces what her husband distributes; “companion” and “company” from the late Latin companio, or “one who shares bread.”

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • “Lord” comes from the Anglo-Saxon hlaford, “loaf ward,” the master who supplies food; “lady” from hlaefdige, “loaf kneader,” the person whose retinue produces what her husband distributes; “companion” and “company” from the late Latin companio, or “one who shares bread.”

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • With time and kneading, reluctance gives way to liveliness, a bouncy responsiveness to pressure that persists even after the kneader lets go.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • With time and kneading, reluctance gives way to liveliness, a bouncy responsiveness to pressure that persists even after the kneader lets go.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • It takes a proficient kneader at least 8 to 10 minutes to knead dough properly by hand.

    Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003

  • It takes a proficient kneader at least 8 to 10 minutes to knead dough properly by hand.

    Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003

  • It takes a proficient kneader at least 8 to 10 minutes to knead dough properly by hand.

    Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003

  • Le Grand describes threshers, a machine for extracting starch from potatoes, a horse-powered bread kneader, and improved methods of preserving foods for long periods of time.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • Le Grand describes threshers, a machine for extracting starch from potatoes, a horse-powered bread kneader, and improved methods of preserving foods for long periods of time.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • A heroic logician, a kneader of human brains; for the symphony, with choral accompaniments, was the starting-point of all the great ones of to-day! '

    His Masterpiece ��mile Zola 1871

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