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pressure cooker

pres·sure cook·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [presh-er koo k-er]
    • /ˈprɛʃ ər ˈkʊk ər/
    • /ˈpreʃə(r) ˈkʊkə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [presh-er koo k-er]
    • /ˈprɛʃ ər ˈkʊk ər/

Definitions of pressure cooker words

  • noun pressure cooker 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. 1
  • noun pressure cooker 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. 1
  • noun pressure cooker pot that cooks by pressurized steam 1
  • noun pressure cooker pressurized situation 1
  • countable noun pressure cooker A pressure cooker is a large metal container with a lid that fits tightly, in which you can cook food quickly using steam at high pressure. 0
  • noun pressure cooker a strong hermetically sealed pot in which food may be cooked quickly under pressure at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water 0
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Origin of pressure cooker

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Pressure cooker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pressure cooker

pressure cooker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

pressure cooker usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pressure cooker

noun pressure cooker

  • full court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
Just one Synonym for pressure cooker

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