cooker
/ˈkʊkə(r)/noun
उच्चारण कुकर
कुकर; चूल्हा
Basic word
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(BrE) a large piece of equipment for cooking food, containing an oven and gas or electric rings on top (American stove); a pot for cooking food
कुकर; चूल्हा
- a pressure cooker
- Be careful, the cooker is still hot.
- We have just bought a new gas cooker for the kitchen.
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- Put the pot on the cooker and turn the heat down low.
- The rice cooker switches itself off when the food is ready.
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cooker (British: a stove)
In British English, a cooker is a complete cooking appliance with hobs and an oven. It is countable.
British English में cooker hobs और ओवन वाला पूरा पकाने का उपकरण है। यह countable है।
- The gas cooker needs a new pipe.
- They bought an electric cooker.
pressure cooker / rice cooker
Compound nouns name specific types. A pressure cooker is a sealed pan; in Indian kitchens it is often just called a cooker.
Compound nouns विशेष प्रकार बताते हैं। Pressure cooker एक बंद बर्तन है; भारतीय रसोई में इसे प्रायः सिर्फ़ cooker कहा जाता है।
- The pressure cooker whistled three times.
- A rice cooker switches off by itself.
cooker + hood / top / ring
Parts of a cooker are named with it: cooker hood, cooker top, cooker ring.
Cooker के भागों के नाम इसी के साथ बनते हैं: cooker hood, cooker top, cooker ring।
- Clean the cooker hood regularly.
good / slow / fast cooker (of food)
In British usage, 'a good cooker' can mean a food that cooks easily, such as a variety of apple. The common meaning is the appliance.
British प्रयोग में 'a good cooker' आसानी से पकने वाला खाद्य (जैसे सेब की किस्म) भी हो सकता है। सामान्य अर्थ उपकरण का है।
- This is a good cooking apple, not a dessert apple.
cooker vs cook vs cooking
Do not mix the appliance (cooker), the person (cook) and the activity (cooking). Each one belongs to a different grammatical slot.
उपकरण (cooker), व्यक्ति (cook) और क्रिया (cooking) को मिलाएँ नहीं। प्रत्येक का व्याकरणिक स्थान अलग है।
- The cook used the cooker, and the cooking took an hour.
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type + cooker
pressurericeslowgaselectricsolar
- A solar cooker saves gas in sunny villages.
verb + cooker
switch onturn offcleanrepairlight
- Please turn off the cooker before you leave.
adjective + cooker
newoldsafelargeenergy-saving
- We replaced the old cooker with an energy-saving one.
cooker + noun
whistlehoodtopknoblid
- The cooker whistle told us the dal was ready.
cooker + safety words
safety valvegasketpressuresteamhandle
- Replace the gasket if steam escapes from the cooker lid.
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- The cooker whistled and Radhika turned off the gas.
cooker ने सीटी बजाई और राधिका ने गैस बंद कर दी।
- A solar cooker needs no fuel.
सौर कुकर को ईंधन की आवश्यकता नहीं होती।
- He put the potatoes in the pressure cooker.
उसने आलू प्रेशर कुकर में डाल दिए।
- The cooker in the hostel kitchen is very old.
छात्रावास की रसोई का cooker बहुत पुराना है।
- Never leave a pressure cooker unattended on the flame.
प्रेशर कुकर को आग पर कभी अकेला न छोड़ें।
- Our old cooker takes ten minutes longer to cook rice than the new one.
हमारे पुराने cooker को चावल पकाने में नए से दस मिनट अधिक लगते हैं।
- The inspector checked every gas cooker in the canteen.
निरीक्षक ने कैंटीन के हर गैस cooker की जाँच की।
§Grammar and usage
Trap, asked often: a cooker is a machine for cooking, while a cook is a person who cooks ('My mother is a good cook', not 'a good cooker').
Trap अक्सर पूछा जाता है: cooker खाना पकाने की मशीन है, जबकि cook खाना पकाने वाला व्यक्ति है ('My mother is a good cook', 'a good cooker' नहीं)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Rice cooker, slow cooker, pressure cooker.
Collocations: rice cooker, slow cooker, pressure cooker।
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General knowledge
Science: a pressure cooker cooks food faster because the high pressure raises the boiling point of water above 100 °C.
विज्ञान में pressure cooker जल्दी पकाता है क्योंकि ऊँचा दाब पानी का क्वथनांक 100 °C से ऊपर कर देता है।