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cooker

[ kook-er ]
/ ˈkʊk ər /
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noun
an appliance or utensil for cooking: pressure cooker.
a person employed in certain industrial processes, as in brewing or distilling, to operate cooking apparatus.
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Origin of cooker

First recorded in 1880–85; cook1 + -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for cooker

cooker
/ (ˈkʊkə) /

noun
an apparatus, usually of metal and heated by gas, electricity, oil, or solid fuel, for cooking food; stove
British any large sour apple used in cooking
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