noun · rare

autoclave

autoclave · autoclaves

автоклав

Autoklav

A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization,…A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

/ˈɔt.əˌkleɪv/

» I left my phone in the autoclave.

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Meaning

1 senses

A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
Autoklav
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More definitions

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

Examples

2 sentences

I left my phone in the autoclave.
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The autoclave broke my phone.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

sterilized heating vessel:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

sterilized heating vessel:

Origin

Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis (“key”).

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Forms

plural: autoclaves

Singular	autoclave
Plural	autoclaves

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

clave

Close in meaning

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