pressure-cooker

Definitions of pressure-cooker
  1. noun
    autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water
    synonyms: drukpan, hogedrukpan, pressurecooker, snelkoker, snelkookpan
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    type of:
    drukketel, drukvat
    a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
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