pressure cooker

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noun

a reinforced pot, usually of steel or aluminum, in which soups, meats, vegetables, etc., may be cooked quickly in heat above boiling point by steam maintained under pressure.

any situation, job, assignment, etc., in which a person is faced with urgent responsibilities or demands by other people, constant deadlines, or a hectic work schedule.

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Origin of pressure cooker

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby pressure cooker

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How to use pressure cooker in a sentence

They found that an appropriately thick and heavy hydrogen-rich atmosphere could act as the lid of a pressure cooker, allowing all-encompassing oceans to persist even under the heat endured by planets right next to their host star.
‘Hycean’ exoplanets could be home to the alien life we’ve been searching for|Charlie Wood|August 26, 2021|Popular-Science
We never have enough, we’re constantly pushing for the next thing, always trying to justify our value, and constantly living in the pressure cooker.
Simone Biles Made the Right Choice. Here’s How You Can, Too.|wtaylor|July 28, 2021|Outside Online
Add longer working hours to the need employees feel to respond to messages within seconds and keep their video on for every call, and the pressure cooker is primed to explode.
‘The pressure cooker is primed to explode’: How instant messaging tools are contributing to burnout|Jessica Davies|April 20, 2021|Digiday
An Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 electric pressure cooker is the perfect reason to start having dinner parties.
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Out of such a pressure cooker arose King’s band, Gang of Four.
Gang of Four changed the way punk sounded and what it could say. A new box set reveals the peak of their power.|Andy Beta|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
Are you seeing more commercial pressure from academic presses for historians to sexy it up a bit?
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Like Sony Entertainment's The Interview, political pressure delayed the arrivale of foreign films in Korea.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 2014 midterm elections are just months behind us, but already Flake feels the pressure of the 2016 presidential elections.
Can This Republican Bring the GOP Back to Its Senses on Immigration?|Tim Mak|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Therefore, some Democrats are under pressure to take policy actions their union allies oppose.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does any of that come from being attuned to the pressure of that need to entertain?
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Mr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
This may be done by taking the humming tone and bringing to bear upon it a strong pressure of energy.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick

British Dictionary definitions for pressure cooker

pressure cooker

noun

a strong hermetically sealed pot in which food may be cooked quickly under pressure at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water

NZ informal a trainee student attending a shortened qualifying course

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pressure cooker

or pressure-cooker

Origin of pressure cooker

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British Dictionary definitions for pressure cooker