pressure cooker
or pressure-cooker
a reinforced pot, usually of steel or aluminum, in which soups, meats, vegetables, etc., may be cooked quickly in heat above boiling point by steam maintained under pressure.
any situation, job, assignment, etc., in which a person is faced with urgent responsibilities or demands by other people, constant deadlines, or a hectic work schedule.
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How to use pressure cooker in a sentence
They found that an appropriately thick and heavy hydrogen-rich atmosphere could act as the lid of a pressure cooker, allowing all-encompassing oceans to persist even under the heat endured by planets right next to their host star.
‘Hycean’ exoplanets could be home to the alien life we’ve been searching for | Charlie Wood | August 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWe never have enough, we’re constantly pushing for the next thing, always trying to justify our value, and constantly living in the pressure cooker.
Simone Biles Made the Right Choice. Here’s How You Can, Too. | wtaylor | July 28, 2021 | Outside OnlineAdd longer working hours to the need employees feel to respond to messages within seconds and keep their video on for every call, and the pressure cooker is primed to explode.
‘The pressure cooker is primed to explode’: How instant messaging tools are contributing to burnout | Jessica Davies | April 20, 2021 | DigidayAn Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 electric pressure cooker is the perfect reason to start having dinner parties.
Best college graduation gifts: Tools to get them on their way | PopSci Commerce Team | March 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOut of such a pressure cooker arose King’s band, Gang of Four.
Nobody really gets out in this story, which only ups the pressure-cooker quality.
It is worth remembering that the Boston Marathon bombers armed their pressure cooker bombs with the insides of fireworks.
Pennsylvania Student Proves You Could Buy Ingredients for a WMD on Amazon | Michael Daly | January 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe a sales clerk who sold the pressure cooker left female DNA on what would become a Boston bomb.
Katherine Russell Under Scrutiny After Female DNA Found on Boston Bomb | Michael Daly | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe pressure-cooker bombs are also used by insurgents in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
The Sheikh Who May Have Influenced Boston’s Tsarnaev Brothers | Eli Lake | April 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile pressure cooker bombs have become common in Pakistan and Afghanistan, they are still rare for the United States.
These little beauties are designed to relieve pressure through the lid--a nice pressure cooker.
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler | Steven E. JonesFood cooks faster when you use a simple canning jar as a pressure cooker.
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler | Steven E. JonesIn case a pressure cooker is used, however, this is not necessary.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesThis may be done either in a water bath or in a pressure cooker.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesFowl cooked in pressure cooker under 20 pounds pressure will become tender in from 30 to 40 minutes.
For Luncheon and Supper Guests | Alice Bradley
British Dictionary definitions for pressure cooker
a strong hermetically sealed pot in which food may be cooked quickly under pressure at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water
NZ informal a trainee student attending a shortened qualifying course
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