Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

processor

[pros-es-er, proh-ses-] / ˈprɒs ɛs ər, ˈproʊ sɛs- /


NOUN
central processing unit
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

How fast an AI model can run typically depends largely on how much memory each processor has access to, whereas training a model relies more on computing muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Food processor Campbell’s swung to a loss and logged lower sales in its latest quarter, hurt by higher costs that weighed on margins as well as softer demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The giant payroll processor ADP, for instance, said that in August, private-sector businesses added the fewest new jobs in seven months: just 38,000.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The Instagram play presaged a series of lucrative investments involving brand-name startups: Spotify, payments processor Stripe, online glasses retailer Warby Parker, Gillette disruptor Harry’s, Twitch and Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

While Uncle Vernon made furious telephone calls to the post office and the dairy trying to find someone to complain to, Aunt Petunia shredded the letters in her food processor.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

The company initially catered heavily to cryptocurrency miners before the AI boom redirected its attention toward computing using Nvidia’s GPU processors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Initially, processors squeezed oil from the beans mechanically.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Alif’s microcontrollers and fusion processors enable real-time sensor fusion, low-latency inference and on-device AI, bringing advanced intelligence to demanding physical systems, Analog Devices said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Some of the milk processors in Kenya often reconvert the powder into the more-preferred liquid milk during dry seasons when the supply of fresh milk goes down.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

One reason is they make less money than supermarkets, wholesalers, and food processors.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training