- a heavy vessel for conducting chemical reactions under high pressure.
- pressure cooker.
- an apparatus in which steam under pressure effects sterilization.
- to place in an autoclave.
- a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- an apparatus for sterilizing objects (esp surgical instruments) or for cooking by means of steam under pressure
- a vessel in which freshly cast concrete or sand-lime bricks are cured very rapidly in high-pressure steam
- to put in or subject to the action of an autoclave
