cooker

[ kook-er ]
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noun
  1. an appliance or utensil for cooking: pressure cooker.

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

Origin of cooker

1
First recorded in 1880–85; cook1 + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for cooker

cooker

/ (ˈkʊkə) /


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

  2. British any large sour apple used in cooking

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