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Meaning of pressure cooker

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pressure cooker

noun

Definitions

  1. A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.

  2. A stressful situation that is liable to erupt.