I. ˈku̇kə(r) noun
( -s )
1. : a utensil, device, or apparatus for cooking
2. : an eatable for cooking as opposed to being served or eaten raw
we had better grade those apples as cookers
3. : one that cooks or attends the cooking process of foods or of ingredients of commercial products: as
a. : one that cooks grain meal to prepare a mash that will be distilled into high wine for use in gin, whiskey, and commercial alcohol
b. : one that cooks veneer by steam pressure to harden the glue
c. : a worker who uses mixing, cooking, and cooling equipment to process cereals
d. : a worker who cooks ground cottonseed or linseed meal in steam kettles prior to its being formed into cakes and pressed
4. Britain : cookstove
II. noun
: a small and often makeshift container (as a bottlecap) in which a drug (as heroin) is heated and dissolved in water