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crock-pot

crock-pot

5 3.2
An electric pot that cooks food slowly for several hours
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɒkˌpɒt/
  • US
: olla de cocción lenta
  • I used a dip crock pot because I wasn't making a huge batch of it, but wanted enough to last me a couple of days, and it worked perfectly!

I can talk to my crock pot with Alexa.

Examples

  • We cook it in the crock pot until it is done, and we put it really, really high and put it on low when it is almost done.

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  • Throw all the ingredients in the crock pot, go about your business, and come back to a succulent Korean-flavored pork belly dinner!

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  • Turn the crock pot on high.

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  • First, I used it to slow cook some pork belly in the crock pot.

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  • I can talk to my crock pot with Alexa.

    Molly Burke

  • Cook the stuffing in a crock pot, and you are all set!

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  • Place the sliced onion at the bottom of the crock pot.

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  • Geez, you travel with a mini crock pot?!

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  • We came home to Teriyaki chicken in the crock pot, which we were going to have with rice, but ended up having with pasta and tomatoes.

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  • Place the sliced onion at the bottom of the crock pot before adding the meat.

Synonyms

Crock Pot
vscrock-pot
12 3.5

An electric pot that cooks food slowly at low heat

is the generic common name used for the same slow electric appliance

How Fast

microwave
137 1.0
stovetop
  • US
4 2.4
oven
408 1.0
crock-pot
  • US
5 3.2

Surface Forms

crock-pot singular
crock-pots plural

Morphology

crock-pot = crock + pot (semi-transparent) = crock + pot

The components 'crock' and 'pot' indicate a pottery-style cooking vessel, but the item is a specific electric slow cooker (originally a brand name), so the relation is only partially obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Crock-pot comes from crock meaning 'clay or earthenware pot' and the common word pot for a cooking container. It was also the name of a popular brand of slow cooker, so the word now means an electric pot that cooks food slowly.