fireless cooker

noun

1. an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.

fireless cooker

noun

1. an insulated container that retains enough heat to cook food or keep it warm

Word History and Origins

Origin of fireless cooker¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

Paris blossomed out with what I thought was an American invention, the fireless cooker.

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The pails of water were swung to one side; the fireless cooker took 56 up its position on a flat gray rock.

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The fireless cooker will be found valuable for cooking dried foods.

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The Brunswick stew had been safely deposited in the fireless cooker early in the day and all was going well.

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It had never had anything in it but water, all the cooking being done on kerosene stoves and in a fireless cooker.

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