crockpot

See also: crock pot

English

An oval crock pot.

Alternative forms

• crock pot

Etymology

From Crock-Pot (1971), brand name of slow cooker by The Rival Company, from crock +‎ pot. Coined by duplication and assonance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

crockpot (plural crockpots)

1. A slow cooker.

Translations

slow cooker — see slow cooker

Verb

crockpot (third-person singular simple present crockpots, present participle crockpotting, simple past and past participle crockpotted)

1. (transitive) To cook (food) in a slow cooker.

Translations

cook food in a slow cooker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慢燉 / 慢炖

• Dutch: stoven (nl), sudderen (nl)
• Finnish: hauduttaa (fi)