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cooker

noun

  1. term that may refer to several types of cooking appliances and devices used for cooking foods
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Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɚ/ / /ˈkʊkə/ / /ˈkɵkə/

noun

Etymology: From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked).

  1. A cookstove.
  2. An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
  3. One who cooks.

    […] I am a true † cooker of men, that is to ſay, I not only dreſs and prepare ſuch vile eatables as theſe, but that green creature, called man, I kill, and cut in pieces, aye, and devour him too, heart and all.

    And, if we may believe the tale, / Her canny hand will ſcarcely fail, / Whate’er ſhe tries, to help or heal, / She’ll ſeldom blunder; / If ſhe be cooker of the kail, / She’ll gar us wonder.

  4. Ellipsis of cooking apple.

    For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.

  5. A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.
  6. The container in which recreational drugs are prepared.

    […] does not know how to pick up the liquid from the cooker, and he asks someone else to use his rig to put his part in his rig.

  7. A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.
  8. A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics.