Ricer vs Rider - What's the difference?
ricer | rider |
(US) A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.
* 1967 , The New Yorker , Volume 43, Part 6,
* 1988 , Thomas Vennum, Wild Rice and the Ojibway People ,
* 1999' September 19, , ''Under the Wild Rice Moon'', ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', reprinted in '''2002 , ''The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings ,
(cooking) A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.
* 2007 , Patricia Webster Stewart, Stuck in My Own Family Tree ,
* 2008 , Leanne Kitchen, The Greengrocer ,
* 2013 , Tara Mataraza Desmond, Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal ,
(US, slang, derogatory) An imported automobile from an Oriental country, deemed inferior because it is low-powered and/or cheap.
(US, slang, derogatory) A person who drives such an automobile.
(US, slang, derogatory) A person who modifies such an automobile using after-market parts to give it the appearance of being more powerful or sporty.
one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle
(politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill
(by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
* A. S. Hardy
an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements
A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights
(UK, archaic) An agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
(obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
(math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
* J. Fletcher
(mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
(shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
(nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A robber.
As a noun ricer
is (us) a person, especially a native american, who cultivates and harvests rice.As a proper noun rider is
more often spelled ryder.ricer
English
(Potato ricer)Noun
(en noun)page 41:
- He opened the cashbox and counted out the money, and Martin handed it on to one of the ricers .
- "Where are you guys ricing tomorrow?" he said.
- "Down in the Refuge," the ricer with the money said.
page 229:
- In exchange for use of a buyer's boat, the ricers were to sell what they harvested exclusively to him.
page 30:
- There are also lots of ricers'. By two weeks into ricing season, Native Harvest bought from 30 or 40 ' ricers .
page 25:
- He cooked a roast, made applesauce with the ricer and used every size pan he could find to cook vegetables.
page 14:
- Ricers can also be used for mashing other root vegetables, as well as starchy ones like broad (fava) beans and peas.
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- Passing cooked chunks through a basic, inexpensive handheld ricer maximizes their texture, which is less starchy than their russet brethren, and makes a soft, dry pile that simply stirs into creamy, smooth mounds.
Synonyms
* (imported oriental automobile) rice burner * (kitchen implement) potato masher, potato ricerAnagrams
* *rider
English
Noun
(en noun)- This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer.
- (Shakespeare)
- His mouldy money! half a dozen riders .
- (Totten)
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