pressurecook

Fast sealed cooking

To pressurecook is to cook food in a pressure cooker—a sealed pot that uses steam pressure to raise temperatures and speed cooking.

Figuratively, to pressurecook someone is to subject them to intense pressure or stress: The candidates were pressurecooked by reporters.

Also spelled pressure-cook or pressure cook.

stress

intensity

Strength or force level

cramming · burnout · overwhelm · anxiety · workload · tension · grind · strain · squeeze · force

culinary

instant pot

Electric programmable pressure cooker

stew · braise · rice · lentils · stock · broth · valve · release · lid · seal

speed

quick

Moving with speed

timesaving · accelerate · shortcut · rushed · expedite · hurry · deadline · crunch · intensive · compressed

Opposites
cooking speed and method

pressurecookslow-cook

Cook gradually with heat

simmer · braise · stew · slow-roast · crockpot

pressure environment

pressurecookboil

Heat to bubbling point

pan-fry · sauté · grill · roast

urgency/intensity (metaphorical)

pressurecooktake one's time

Act without haste

slow-roll · decompress · unwind · relax · back-burner

Family

pressure, cook, pressures, pressured, pressuring, cooks, cooked, cooking, cooker

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G