Pressure cooker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.
  2. 2
    autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water wordnet
  3. 3
    A stressful situation that is liable to erupt. figuratively

    "Look, I had a pressure cooker of a job along with more responsibility that any one person should have. I had an office of twenty-five people under me all needing help like little birds in a nest."

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furnacepressure potsteam cookersweatbox

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"Look, I had a pressure cooker of a job along with more responsibility that any one person should have. I had an office of twenty-five people under me all needing help like little birds in a nest."

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