double boiler

English

Noun

double boiler (plural double boilers)

1. 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.
2. A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.

Alternative forms

• double-boiler

Synonyms

• bain-marie

Related terms

• double boil

Translations

pan containing hot water

Chinese: Mandarin: 水浴器 (zh) (shuǐyùqì), 雙重蒸鍋 / 双重蒸锅 (shuāngchóng zhēngguō) Finnish: vesihaude (fi) Ido: maria-balno (io) Italian: bagnomaria (it) Polish: bemar (pl) m Portuguese: banho-maria (pt)

See also

• double steamer