Cooker has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a utensil for cooking
"She used an old copper pot as a cooker to simmer the soup over the fire."
2
A device for heating food, a stove.
"The old cooker in the kitchen is finally working again after years of neglect."
In plain English: A cooker is an appliance used to cook food, such as an oven and stove combined into one unit.
"My mother is setting up her new cooker on the back porch to cook dinner outside."
Example Sentences
"My mother is setting up her new cooker on the back porch to cook dinner outside."
noun
"She checked if the cooker was on before leaving for work."
noun
"My grandmother's favorite dish always comes out of her old gas cooker perfectly."
noun
"The new electric cooker he bought heats up much faster than the previous one."
noun
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Origin
From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked).