Phrase guide

garlic press

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A utensil used to crush garlic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: garlic crusher

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a press for extracting juice from garlic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: press, mechanical press

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هراسة الثوم (harasa al-tum) — utensil
  • Bulgarian: преса аа чесън (presa aa česǎn) — utensil
  • Catalan: premsa-alls — utensil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒜茸鉗 /蒜茸钳 (suàn róng qián) — utensil
  • Czech: lis na česnek — utensil
  • Danish: hvidløgspresser — utensil
  • Dutch: knoflookpers — utensil
  • Esperanto: ajlopremilo — utensil
  • Finnish: valkosipulipuristin — utensil
  • French: presse-ail — utensil
  • German: Knoblauchpresse — utensil
  • Greek: πρέσα σκόρδου (présa skórdou) — utensil
  • Hebrew: כּוֹתֵשׁ שׁוּם (kótesh shúm) — utensil
  • Hungarian: fokhagymaprés — utensil
  • Hungarian: fokhagymanyomó — utensil
  • Icelandic: hvítlaukspressa — utensil
  • Italian: spremiaglio — utensil
  • Latvian: ķiploku spiede — utensil
  • Lithuanian: česnakų spaustuvas — utensil
  • Luxembourgish: Knuewelekspress — utensil
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvitløkspresse — utensil
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hvitløkspresse — utensil
  • Polish: praska do czosnku — utensil
  • Polish: wyciskarka do czosnku — utensil
  • Polish: wyciskacz do czosnku — utensil
  • Portuguese: espremedor de alho — utensil
  • Romanian: presă de usturoi — utensil
  • Russian: чеснокодави́лка (česnokodavílka) — utensil
  • Russian: пресс для чеснока (press dlja česnoka) — utensil
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏са за бели лук — utensil
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅsa za beli luk — utensil
  • Slovak: lis na cesnak — utensil
  • Slovene: stiskalnica za česen — utensil
  • Lower Sorbian: kobołkowa prasa — utensil
  • Upper Sorbian: kobołkowa prasa — utensil
  • Spanish: prensa de ajo — utensil
  • Swedish: vitlökspress — utensil
  • Turkish: sarımsak ezici — utensil
  • Ukrainian: часникода́вка (časnykodávka) — utensil