pressure cooker
noun
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
Examples of pressure cooker in a Sentence
The new boss has turned the office into a pressure cooker.
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History has shown the Gulf of Mexico can be a pressure cooker, turning systems like this one from wimpy windstorms to devastating monster storms almost overnight under the right conditions.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
The mechanism is like a pressure cooker, Li says, with weighty water acting as the release valve.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
There’s a reason air fryers are such a hot topic (excuse our pun): These multitaskers are some of the most versatile kitchen appliances out there, doing for countertop ovens what Instant Pots did for pressure cookers.
—Carly Monardo, Bon Appétit, 25 Sep. 2024
That timeline is meant to ensure that any recommendation is made outside the pressure cooker of an election cycle, in which all political parties have come out against the deal.
—Kayla Tausche and Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
The mechanism is like a pressure cooker, Li says, with weighty water acting as the release valve.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
There’s a reason air fryers are such a hot topic (excuse our pun): These multitaskers are some of the most versatile kitchen appliances out there, doing for countertop ovens what Instant Pots did for pressure cookers.
—Carly Monardo, Bon Appétit, 25 Sep. 2024
That timeline is meant to ensure that any recommendation is made outside the pressure cooker of an election cycle, in which all political parties have come out against the deal.
—Kayla Tausche and Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Pressure cooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20cooker. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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