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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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“It’s been very scary for my cookers especially,” she said, adding that the workers were scared both about the protests and the ICE raids.

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The freezing of prevention efforts, economic uncertainty and polarizing rhetoric in the run-up to the midterm elections create “a pressure cooker,” Braniff said.

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The biggest non-technical reason is the Preakness is fun, an experience trainers and owners enjoy rather than the price-gouging pressure cooker that is Louisville on Derby week.

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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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