Phrase guide

pressure cooker

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A stressful situation that is liable to erupt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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3

noun

Meaning 3

autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser

History

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قدر ضغط (gidir ḍaḡṭ) — cooking vessel
  • Catalan: olla de pressió — cooking vessel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 壓力煲 /压力煲 (aat3 lik6 bou1) — cooking vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高壓鍋 /高压锅 (gāoyāguō) — cooking vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壓力鍋 /压力锅 (yālìguō) — cooking vessel
  • Czech: papiňák — cooking vessel
  • Czech: Papinův hrnec — cooking vessel
  • Czech: tlakový hrnec — cooking vessel
  • Danish: trykkoger — cooking vessel
  • Dutch: hogedrukpan — cooking vessel
  • Dutch: snelkookpan — cooking vessel
  • Esperanto: premmarmito — cooking vessel
  • Estonian: kiirkeedupott — cooking vessel
  • Finnish: painekattila — cooking vessel
  • Finnish: painekeitin — cooking vessel
  • French: cocotte-minute — cooking vessel
  • French: autocuiseur — cooking vessel
  • French: marmite à pression — cooking vessel
  • Galician: ola de presión — cooking vessel
  • German: Dampfkochtopf — cooking vessel
  • German: Schnellkochtopf — cooking vessel
  • German: Dampfdrucktopf — cooking vessel
  • German: Drucktopf — cooking vessel
  • Greek: χύτρα ταχύτητας (chýtra tachýtitas) — cooking vessel
  • Hungarian: kukta — cooking vessel
  • Indonesian: presto — cooking vessel
  • Indonesian: panci tekan — cooking vessel
  • Irish: brúbhruthaire — cooking vessel
  • Italian: pentola a pressione — cooking vessel
  • Japanese: 圧力鍋 (atsuryoku nabe) — cooking vessel
  • Korean: 압력솥 (amnyeoksot) — cooking vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trykkoker — cooking vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trykk-koker — cooking vessel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trykkokar — cooking vessel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trykk-kokar — cooking vessel
  • Persian: زودپز (zudpaz) — cooking vessel
  • Polish: szybkowar — cooking vessel
  • Portuguese: panela de pressão — cooking vessel
  • Russian: скорова́рка (skorovárka) — cooking vessel
  • Serbo-Croatian: претис ло̀нац — cooking vessel
  • Serbo-Croatian: pretis lònac — cooking vessel
  • Spanish: marmita — cooking vessel
  • Spanish: olla de presión — cooking vessel
  • Spanish: olla a presión — cooking vessel
  • Spanish: olla express — cooking vessel
  • Swedish: tryckkokare — cooking vessel
  • Turkish: düdüklü tencere — cooking vessel
  • Vietnamese: nồi áp suất — cooking vessel
  • Welsh: sosban bwysedd — cooking vessel
  • Welsh: sosban frys — cooking vessel