fireless cooker

American  

noun

1. an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.

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fireless cooker British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of fireless cooker

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

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fireless cooker

Perhaps you will see how this might help on a hot summer's day and what a comfort a fireless cooker might prove in a sick room.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

This is an old English dish, and is fine for the fireless cooker.

From The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan by Core, Mary Kennedy

Indeed, one fireless cooker is constructed directly on the principle employed in the New England clambake, and every one knows the deliciousness of food so cooked has become proverbial.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous

Potted meat and potatoes and two kinds of vegetables, as they were wanted, came from the fireless cooker, all deliciously tender and piping hot.

From The Camerons of Highboro by Gilchrist, Beth Bradford

Among the adaptations of the old ideas with new and modern improvements is the fireless cooker.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous