- pressure-cook
- verb see pressure cooker
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pressure-cook
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pressure-cook — ☆ pressure cook [presh′ərkook΄ ] vt. to cook in a pressure cooker … English World dictionary
pressure-cook — verb cook in a pressure cooker • Topics: ↑cooking, ↑cookery, ↑preparation • Hypernyms: ↑cook • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
pressure-cook — /presh euhr kook /, v.t. to cook in a pressure cooker. [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
cook — [n] person who prepares food baker, chef, hash slinger*, mess sergeant, servant, sous chef; concept 348 cook [v] prepare food, usually using heat bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry,… … New thesaurus
pressure — n. & v. n. 1 a the exertion of continuous force on or against a body by another in contact with it. b the force exerted. c the amount of this (expressed by the force on a unit area) (atmospheric pressure). 2 urgency; the need to meet a deadline… … Useful english dictionary
cook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prepare, concoct, fix, make; roast, broil, boil, fry, etc.; informal, doctor; slang, ruin, spoil. See food, heat, deterioration, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chef, short order cook, meat cook … English dictionary for students
pressure cooker — noun Date: 1915 1. an airtight utensil for quick cooking or preserving of foods by means of high temperature steam under pressure 2. a situation or environment that is fraught with emotional or social pressures • pressure cook verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
pressure cooker — noun an airtight pot in which food can be cooked quickly under steam pressure. Derivatives pressure cook verb … English new terms dictionary
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Pressure cooking — is a method of cooking in a sealed vessel that does not permit air or liquids to escape below a preset pressure. Because the boiling point of water increases as the pressure increases, the pressure built up inside the cooker allows the liquid in… … Wikipedia
