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
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The new boss has turned the office into a pressure cooker.
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The biggest non-technical reason is the Preakness is fun, an experience trainers and owners enjoy rather than the price-gouging pressure cooker that is Louisville on Derby week.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
The long-running medical drama, which has already been renewed for Season 22, had been a pressure cooker ever since Dylan went under the knife to treat the cavernous angioma that threatened to shorten her life.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 12 May 2025
That’s how many SharkNinja pressure cookers were recalled last week due to reports of over 100 burn injuries.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
The unique pressure cooker of working 17-hour days for 10 months out of the year, being on a massive hit show and competing with other big personalities created an infamously toxic work culture behind the scenes.
—Max Gao, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pressure cooker
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“Pressure cooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20cooker. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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