cooker

American  

[kook-er] / ˈkʊk ər /

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.

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cooker British  

/ ˈkʊkə /

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

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Etymology

Origin of cooker

First recorded in 1880–85; cook ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Oh, there’s my rice cooker,” she says when she hears the sound in her Arts District home.

From Los Angeles Times

Human beings weren’t meant to create art in this particular kind of pressure cooker.

From Los Angeles Times

It even included its own working telephone, electric cooker, fridge and running water in the kitchen, luxuries even for real homes in the 1930s.

From BBC

In my mind, stovetop will always be the monarch of methods — warmth adds its own kind of tenderness — but for weekday ease, my secret weapon is the rice cooker.

From Salon

Like a pressure cooker, it is designed to hold together even as extreme amounts of steam build up inside it.

From Literature

Related Words

• boiler
• heater
• kiln
• microwave
• oven