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crock-pot

crock-pot

1 3.2
An electric pot that cooks food slowly for several hours
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɒkˌpɒt/
  • US
translation icon : 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.

  • 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
7 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
133 1.0
stovetop
  • US
7 2.4
oven
415 1.0
crock-pot
  • US
1 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.