autoclave

Definition of Autoclave in English :

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

2. autoclave

subject to the action of an autoclave

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Autoclave

noun

1.

a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure

2.

an apparatus for sterilizing objects (esp surgical instruments) or for cooking by means of steam under pressure

3. civil engineering

a vessel in which freshly cast concrete or sand-lime bricks are cured very rapidly in high-pressure steam

verb

4. (transitive)

to put in or subject to the action of an autoclave

noun

1.

a container for sterilizing, cooking, etc. by superheated steam under pressure

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈautoˌclaved or ˈautoˌclaving

2.

to sterilize or cook by means of such a device

n.

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