What does pressure-cooker mean?

Definitions for pressure-cooker
pres·sure-cook·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pressure cookernoun

    autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water

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  1. pressure-cooker

    A pressure-cooker is a sealed kitchen appliance that uses pressurized steam to cook food at high temperatures quickly. It features a valve system to regulate and increase the internal pressure, allowing water to boil at a higher temperature, which fastens the cooking process. It's used for making stews, soups, stocks, and other dishes, and is known for intensifying the flavors.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pressure-cooker in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pressure-cooker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of pressure-cooker in a Sentence

  1. Martin Turbet:

    The associated high temperatures meant that any water would have been present in the form of steam, as in a gigantic pressure cooker.

  2. John Evelyn:

    The hardest bones of beef itself, and mutton, were made as soft as cheese Source: http://www.evs-translations.com/blog-com/pressure-cooker/

  3. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

    We have not so much a gun problem; we have a problem with sin and evil. This is an evil thing, when people kill another person, whether it's a pressure cooker or whether it's a gun, we're dealing with people who are either deranged or they're very focused because they want to kill people in the name of terrorism.

  4. Geert Laugs:

    The intensive conditions in factory farming provide a pressure cooker in which diseases like avian flu can spread very easily and can also evolve very easily.

  5. Nupur Lala:

    When I was competing it was an absolute pressure cooker, but not to the extent it is today.


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