double boiler

double boiler

noun
a utensil consisting of two pots, one of which fits partway into the other: water is boiled in the lower pot to cook or warm food or melt a substance in the upper.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism
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double boiler
 
n
(US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): double saucepan a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan

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