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autoclave

[aw-tuh-kleyv] / ˈɔ təˌkleɪv /
NOUN
pressure cooker
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In one of Halt's buildings they have a huge machine called an autoclave, consisting mainly of two large horizontal tubes.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Their food is blasted in an autoclave to kill pathogens, and their water, toys, and cages are kept as sterile as possible.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023

They carried out three trials per jar, sterilizing the containers in an autoclave before each trial.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2023

At first, it carried the thrill of a secret world: The office building was locked — just me and the janitors and the whir of the autoclave.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022

While he explained to her that his job was building runways in the fields of northern France, his eyes kept returning to the steel forceps she had collected from the autoclave.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan