fireless cooker

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noun

an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.

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Origin of fireless cooker

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby fireless cooker

fire hydrant, fire insurance, fire irons, Fire Island, fireless, fireless cooker, firelight, fire line, firelock, fireman, fire marshal

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How to use fireless cooker in a sentence

Paris blossomed out with what I thought was an American invention, the fireless cooker.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
The pails of water were swung to one side; the fireless cooker took 56 up its position on a flat gray rock.
The Camerons of Highboro|Beth B. Gilchrist
The fireless cooker will be found valuable for cooking dried foods.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
The Brunswick stew had been safely deposited in the fireless cooker early in the day and all was going well.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed

It had never had anything in it but water, all the cooking being done on kerosene stoves and in a fireless cooker.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed

British Dictionary definitions for fireless cooker

fireless cooker

noun

an insulated container that retains enough heat to cook food or keep it warm

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