Definition of Pressure-cook

1. Verb. Cook in a pressure cooker. "The chefs pressure-cook the vegetables"

Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Cook

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressure-cook

presspacks
presspeople
pressperson
presspersons
pressroom
pressrooms
pressrun
pressruns
presstime
presstimes
presstitute
presstitutes
pressurage
pressurages
pressure
pressure-cook (current term)
pressure-cooker
pressure-cooker(a)
pressure-feed lubricating system
pressure-ulcer
pressure-wash
pressure bandage
pressure cabin
pressure cooker
pressure cookers
pressure dome
pressure feed
pressure gage
pressure gauge
pressure gauges

Literary usage of Pressure-cook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Clinical Study of Blood-pressure: A Guide to the Use of the by Theodore Caldwell Janeway (1907)
"Thrombotic softening is the common cause of hemiplegia in our patients, even when they have granular kidneys and high blood-pressure. Cook and Briggs ..."

2. Blood-pressure, from the Clinical Standpoint by Francis Ashley Faught (1916)
"The first point, which is the appearance of the first clear sound, has been accepted by all observers to indicate the systolic blood-pressure. Cook and ..."

3. The Year Book of Pediatrics (1903)
"In order to estimate the maximum arterial blood pressure, Cook uses an instrument which is a modification of Cushing's sphyg- ..."

4. Spondylotherapy: Physio and Pharmaco-therapy and Diagnostic Methods Based on by Albert Abrams (1918)
"Most of the recorded results have been obtained with the Riva- Rocci apparatus and the figures quoted represent the systolic pressure. Cook and Briggs ..."

5. Spondylotherapy: Physio and Pharmaco-therapy and Diagnostic Methods Based on by Albert Abrams (1918)
"Most of the recorded results have been obtained with the Riva- Rocci apparatus and the figures quoted represent the systolic pressure. Cook and Briggs ..."

6. Spondylotherapy; Spinal Concussion and the Application of Other Methods to by Albert Abrams (1910)
"Most of the recorded results have been obtained with the Riva- Rocci apparatus and the figures quoted represent the systolic pressure. Cook and Briggs ..."

7. Spondylotherapy; Spinal Concussion and the Application of Other Methods to by Albert Abrams (1910)
"Most of the recorded results have been obtained with the Riva- Rocci apparatus and the figures quoted represent the systolic pressure. Cook and Briggs ..."

8. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1922)
"... to delight thousands of housekeepers, for it has many qualities that make it desirable as a part of the equipment of the modern kitchen. A pressure cook ..."

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