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cooker

[ kook-er ]

noun

  1. an appliance or utensil for cooking: cooking: cook:

    pressure cooker.

  2. a person employed in certain industrial processes, as in brewing or distilling, to operate cooking cooking cook apparatus.


cooker

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. an apparatus, usually of metal and heated by gas, electricity, oil, or solid fuel, for cooking food; stove
  2. any large sour apple used in cooking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cooker1

First recorded in 1880–85; cook 1 + -er 1
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“For me it’s the clock on the cooker. Twenty-five minutes past eight, etched in stark white.”

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Residents in south London have been learning how to use a slow cooker to dish up healthy meals on a budget for their families.

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The pyrolysis plants - often in rural backwaters - are akin to homemade pressure cookers and produce dangerous gasses and chemicals.

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He was arrested outside the hospital with the pressure cooker bomb, which was designed to be twice as powerful as those used by the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013.

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Add in the pressure cooker of those final-stage matches and the lopsided talent in the England squad, and it becomes harder to believe Tuchel can infuse international management with Premier League intensity.

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