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as in stove
an appliance that prepares food for consumption by heating it
a portable gas-fired cooker that's perfect for camping trips
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Recent Examples of cooker
There’ll never be another cooker like him, and that’s not a bad thing.
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Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
Rice cookers frequently come with plastic paddles that won’t scratch the nonstick coating in the pot.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
The electric cooker features an egg rack that holds up to seven eggs and a stainless steel cooking plate that delicately cooks them to your liking.
—Alicia Geigel, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
Kamado cooker diehards don’t fret: While ceramic grills have thicker walls than any metal smoker, steel is generally more difficult for these frequencies to penetrate, so these probes should work with your Big Green Egg too.
—Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
Rice cookers frequently come with plastic paddles that won’t scratch the nonstick coating in the pot.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
The electric cooker features an egg rack that holds up to seven eggs and a stainless steel cooking plate that delicately cooks them to your liking.
—Alicia Geigel, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
Kamado cooker diehards don’t fret: While ceramic grills have thicker walls than any metal smoker, steel is generally more difficult for these frequencies to penetrate, so these probes should work with your Big Green Egg too.
—Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooker
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Most shares are bound to end up on the receiving end of judgment, and such is the case with home improvement guru Joanna Gaines, who recently posted a photo of herself on Instagram cooking on the stove, with her 6-year-old son, Crew, looking on.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
19 Feb. 2025
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Chop 9 green apples into large chunks and put into a pan on the stove over medium heat.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Forty-year chef Antonio Reyes left two years ago and now serves Campo’s original dishes at Chente Cafe Brazos River Catfish and Tex-Mex, 10771 Interstate 20 West at the Brazos River bridge west of Weatherford.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Feb. 2025
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Last December, the husband-and-wife team of chef Michelle Bernstein and restaurateur David Martinez resurrected their Design District gem Sra Martinez, which closed in 2012, in downtown Coral Gables.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Slide the tray onto the center rack of the preheated oven and set timer for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 8.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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That itself is not too hard to set up or use, but knowing when to pull your cheesecake out of the oven is.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2025
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Save water from boiling foods to make soups, cook rice, and prepare other foods.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
21 Feb. 2025
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The restaurant took out a hand sink from a cook line without proposing a change to the facility’s plan.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Cooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooker. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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