cooker

American  

[kook-er] / ˈkʊk ər /

noun

1. an appliance or utensil for cooking: cooking: cook.

   pressure cooker.

2. a person employed in certain industrial processes, as in brewing or distilling, to operate cooking cooking cook apparatus.

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cooker British  

/ ˈkʊkə /

noun

1. an apparatus, usually of metal and heated by gas, electricity, oil, or solid fuel, for cooking food; stove

2. any large sour apple used in cooking

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Etymology

Origin of cooker

First recorded in 1880–85; cook ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Her neighbour, 45-year-old Munni Bai, who has asthma, had switched to using an electric cooker as well as biogas from cow dung, to help her breathing.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

She was previously a correspondent in Beijing, where she reported on everything from China’s criminal justice system to its quest to build a better rice cooker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

"We had one lady who doesn't do any DIY, it all falls to her husband, but she went home and she fixed her cooker fuse," she added.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

It was, quite simply, the first pressure cooker, a sealed bain-marie.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Related Words

• boiler
• heater
• kiln
• microwave
• oven