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to pressure-cook
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to prepare food by cooking it in a sealed pot under high pressure
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
pressure-cook
3rd person singular
pressure-cooks
Present participle
pressure-cooking
Past simple
pressure-cooked
Past participle
pressure-cooked
Examples
She pressure-cooked the beans to perfection in just half the time it would take with traditional cooking methods.
