Steamer vs Cooker - What's the difference?
steamer | cooker |
(cookware) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.
A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.
A dish of steamed clams.
Any species of the duck genus Tachyeres , of which all four species occur in South America, and three are flightless.
(Australia, food, obsolete) A food made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot, with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; popular circa 1850 but apparently no longer so by the 1900s .
* “Melville”, Australia'', quoted in 1864''', Edward Abbott, ''The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the Many, as Well as for the ‘Upper Ten Thousand’'', London, in turn quoted in '''1998 , Colin Bannerman, et al., ''Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia?s Culinary History , (publisher), ISBN 0-642-10693-2, page 14,
(obsolete) A steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels (Webster 1913).
(horse racing) A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.
(UK, crime, slang) Member of a youth gang who engages in robbing and escaping as a large group.
(UK, sex, slang) Oral sex performed on a man.
(UK, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(US, gambling, slang) A gambler who increases a wager after losing.
(UK, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
(chiefly, British) A device for heating food
(chiefly, British, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
A cooking apple.
* 2004 , Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain (page 94)
As nouns the difference between steamer and cooker
is that steamer is (cookware) a cooking appliance that cooks by steaming while cooker is (chiefly|british) a device for heating food.steamer
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(en noun)- Of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the steamer .
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* (homosexual man) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see * (drinking session) bender, binge, carouse, piss-upDerived terms
* Cleveland steamer * steamer chairSee also
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(wikipedia cooker)Noun
(en noun)- For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers .