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crockpot

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *budnós✻
  2. inherited from *puttaz✻
  3. derived from *pott✻
  4. derived from pot — “pot”
  5. inherited from pott
  6. inherited from pot
  7. compounded as crockpot — “crock + pot”

Definitions

  1. A slow cooker.

  2. To cook (food) in a slow cooker.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA