gas cooker
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1.8
- noun
- /ɡæs ˈkʊkər/
- UK
:
cocina de gas
- The gas cooker quickly heated the water for the pasta.
Every one of your gas cookers has a blue flame.
- Every one of your gas cookers has a blue flame.
Examples
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Dr. Das had left pages of careful directions in tiny script about how to turn on the two-ring gas cooker, where to kick the very dented fridge as it misbehaved, which windows to open in the morning, how to close them again against mosquitoes at 4 P.M., and where to switch on the inverter for hot water.
Fiction book (2002) -
The coffee percolating on the gas cooker next to his pot of beef stew no doubt would have tasted better if the steam rising off it mingled with steamy breath as he leaned in to sip.
Fiction book (1997) -
" My mum had a gas cooker.
Blog text (24) -
Every one of your gas cookers has a blue flame.
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That gas cooker nearly blew me out of the kitchen.
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Perhaps you'll find a gas cooker too.
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There was an electric cooker, a gas cooker, a dishwasher, and a ridge.
Fiction book (1990) -
She prepared a delicious dinner using her new gas cooker.
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For a more efficient meal prep, I decided to use the gas cooker instead of baking.
Synonyms
110
1.0
A kitchen appliance with hot burners used to cook food
82
3.5
A large kitchen stove with burners and an oven for cooking
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1.0
A device like an oven or stove used for cooking food
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1.1
A cooker with burners and an oven that uses gas to cook food
2
4.1
A device that burns wood or coal to cook food
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2.1
A cooking stove with gas burners and an oven
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1.0
A kitchen appliance with hot burners on top and an oven below for cooking food
1
1.0
A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity
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Morphology
The meaning 'a cooker that uses gas' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'gas' (gaseous fuel) with 'cooker' (stove/oven). This noun+noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound gas cooker comes from the simple picture of a cooker that uses gas. When homes had pipes for gas, people called the oven or stove a gas cooker, so today it means a kitchen appliance that 'cooks with gas'.