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PRESSURE COOKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pressure cooker" is a kind of...):
autoclave; steriliser; sterilizer (a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments)