double boiler

noun

A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.

Similar
bain-mariedouble saucepan
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Meanings

noundouble boiler (plural double boilers)

plural double boilers · alternative double-boiler

  1. cookingA large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.

    Synonyms: bain-marie

  2. cookingA pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.

Similar
bain-marie

More synonyms by meaning

nountwo saucepans, one fitting inside the other

Similar
double saucepan
Broader
saucepan
Also see
bain-marie

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 水浴器, 雙重蒸鍋 /双重蒸锅
  • 水浴器 (shuǐyùqì)pan containing hot water
  • 雙重蒸鍋 /双重蒸锅 (shuāngchóng zhēngguō)pan containing hot water
Finnish vesihaude
  • vesihaudepan containing hot water
Italian bagnomaria
  • bagnomariapan containing hot water
Polish bemar
  • bemarpan containing hot water
Portuguese banho-maria
  • banho-mariapan containing hot water
Cite this entry
APA

double boiler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20boiler

MLA

“double boiler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20boiler. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double boiler,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20boiler.

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