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poacher

poacher

1 7.7
A pan used to cook eggs or fish gently in water
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊtʃər/
translation icon : escalfador
  • To make breakfast, I used an egg poacher to cook the eggs perfectly.
  • egg poachers

Examples

  • It's an old poacher's method.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • - The poacher? - Yes.

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

  • -A poacher.

    Eragon (2006)

  • The chef demonstrated how to use the poacher for preparing delicate fish dishes.

  • Using a specialized poacher, she effortlessly prepared several eggs at once.

Synonyms

pan
vspoacher
268 1.0

A shallow wide container, usually metal, for cooking food

is a vessel used particularly for poaching foods like eggs or fish
cooking pan
vspoacher
1.0

A wide shallow metal container for making food on a stove

is designed specifically for gentle poaching of eggs or fish

Compounds

poacher turned gamekeeper
8.0

A person who used to break rules but now stops others from breaking them, for example protecting animals

sea poacher
  • Specialized
9.9

A small, thin fish with bony plates on its body that lives in deep northern Pacific waters

How Deep

stockpot
2 2.3
saucepan
34 1.0
poacher
1 7.7
frying pan
23 1.0

Surface Forms

poacher singular
poachers plural

Morphology

poacher = poach (transparent) = poach + er

This is a regular instrument noun from 'poach' + '-er', though the utensil is a specialized lexicalized object.

Etymology

Poacher for the cooking pan comes from the verb poach, which is also linked to pouch ('pocket' or 'bag'), because a poached egg looks as if it is in a soft little bag in hot water. So a poacher is the vessel used to make 'poached' food.