noun
cooker
A device used to cook food.
The rice cooker keeps our dinner warm until everyone gets home.
Etymology
Latin coquere supplies the cooking word. The ending -er names something that performs the action, making cooker a term for equipment used to prepare food with heat.
More examples
- She makes beef stew in a slow cooker.
- A pressure cooker cuts the cooking time for dried beans.
- These electric cookers shut off automatically when the rice is ready.
Forms
cooker · cookers
cook verb — To prepare food by heating it.