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pot-in-pot

pot-in-pot adjective: of a cooking method, where food is cooked in a separate container placed inside a larger cooking pot, rather than directly in the bottom of the pot.

Adjective

pot-in-pot

  1. Of a cooking method, where food is cooked in a separate container placed inside a larger cooking pot, rather than directly in the bottom of the pot.

Questions about pot-in-pot

What does pot-in-pot mean?
Pot-in-pot means of a cooking method, where food is cooked in a separate container placed inside a larger cooking pot, rather than directly in the bottom of the pot.
What part of speech is pot-in-pot?
Pot-in-pot is an adjective.

Words near pot-in-pot in the dictionary

  1. pot-holes
  2. pot-hook
  3. pot-hooks
  4. pot-house
  5. pot-houses
  6. pot-in-pot
  7. pot-kettle-black
  8. pot-licker
  9. pot-luck
  10. pot-pie
  11. pot-pies

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