noun. A strong, pressurized, steam-heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, or cooking.

noun. A kind of stewpan, the lid of which is kept close and steam-tight by the steam proceeding from the contents of the pan. It is an application to culinary purposes of Papin's digester. See digester.

noun. A form of digester in which mixtures of chemicals can be safely heated under great pressure: largely used in the manufacture of coal-tar dyestuffs.

noun. A device for the sterilization by steam under pressure of bacterial cultures or culture media, milk, and other substances.

noun. A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

noun. a device used for sterilizing objects by exposing them to steam at above atmospheric pressure (and thus at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water). It consists of a closed chamber able to withstand internal pressure, and a means of passing superheated steam into the chamber. Autoclaves are made in various sizes, and are much used in hospitals and research laboratories to render instruments and equipment sterile.

noun. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

verb. To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

noun. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

verb. subject to the action of an autoclave

"Then Gilles took it out of the wine, cooked it with alcohol to make a flamb, added flour and pig blood and cooked it in the autoclave, which is basically a large, cylindrical pressure cooker."

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