noun
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an apparatus, usually of metal and heated by gas, electricity, oil, or solid fuel, for cooking food; stove
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any large sour apple used in cooking
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cooker
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But there was, indeed, a brief aperture of time in the pressure cooker of 2020 when it all seemed possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
These are the bitter ingredients that seasoned the chef Anthony Bourdain inside the pressure cooker of the restaurant industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
At home, I put it on my bedside table, pausing to start the rice cooker on my way.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
With no kitchen, she makes soup or noodles in a rice cooker placed on the bed.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Because their stove and toaster and pressure cooker and imported spices were left behind in Nsukka, their meals were simpler too, and Ugwu had more time to play with her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The company has seen positive results from new equipment in restaurants like produce slicers and three-pan rice cookers, intended to make service quicker and easier.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
A banner reading “Happy Birthday Bill!” hung over a potluck buffet of plastic trays and slow cookers, with the aforementioned Bill and his family and friends all clearly enjoying retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Manufacturers slap the word “grill” on the packaging of all types of cookers, alongside images of steaks with sear marks, even if they don’t actually involve searing over a live fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Mention French onion soup mix and they tend to think of casseroles, slow cookers and other recipes that begin with the phrase “family favorite.”
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
There were all these things that people had thrown away back there—old cookers and broken dishes and dolls with no arms and no legs and empty cans and broken bottles.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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