rice steamer

1.7

An electric appliance that cooks rice by steaming or boiling

noun
/raɪs ˈstimər/

: vaporizador de arroz

With the rice steamer, you can cook perfect rice every time without watching the stove.

Examples

I bought a new rice steamer yesterday.
She bought a new rice steamer to make dinner preparation easier.
After washing the grains, he placed them into the rice steamer and pressed the start button.
The rice steamer is very easy to use.
The rice cooker made perfect fluffy rice without any hassle because it is a reliable rice steamer.
After dinner, I used my rice steamer to prepare some jasmine rice for tomorrow's lunch.
Using a rice steamer simplifies the cooking process, allowing me to focus on preparing the main dish.

Synonyms

steamer

vsrice steamer

8 2.7

A container used to cook food with steam, like a bamboo basket

is an electric appliance for automatically boiling or steaming one grain

rice cooker

vsrice steamer

3 1.4

An electric pot that cooks rice using steam and keeps it warm

is mainly used to boil or steam that grain automatically

How Automatic

rice steamer

1.7

rice cooker

3 1.4

steamer

8 2.7

Surface Forms

rice steamer singular

rice steamers plural

Morphology

rice + steamer

The meaning 'an appliance for steaming rice' is directly and compositionally derived from 'rice' (the food) + 'steamer' (equipment for cooking with steam). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common compounding patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Rice steamer comes from the two words rice and steamer, because it is a machine that holds rice while hot steam cooks it under a closed lid. That's why rice steamer means 'a kitchen machine that cooks rice automatically'.