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

Anova Precision Cooker is the perfect little sous-vide gadget for the budding gastronomist.
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Nobody really gets out in this story, which only ups the pressure-cooker quality.
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It is worth remembering that the Boston Marathon bombers armed their pressure cooker bombs with the insides of fireworks.
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Maybe a sales clerk who sold the pressure cooker left female DNA on what would become a Boston bomb.
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The pressure-cooker bombs are also used by insurgents in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
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She stood before the fireless chimney-piece with one of her hands on it.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James
Paris blossomed out with what I thought was an American invention, the fireless cooker.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
Henceforth the cooking operations were simplified, for previously a sledging-cooker had been used.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Why should Sylvia warm herself by the kitchen fire while he shivered fireless and almost candleless in the desolate parlor?
A Very Naughty Girl|L. T. Meade
This is most readily done by lowering too quickly the outside cover over the rest of the cooker.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

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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