nnoun.artifacta device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instrumentsSynset:steriliser sterilizer
Derivationally Related Form:sterilizeautoclavesterilise
Hypernyms:vessel
Inherited Hypernyms:autoclavevesselcontainerinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:digesterpressure cooker
Full Hyponyms:digesterpressure cooker
vverb.bodysubject to the action of an autoclaveDerivationally Related Form:autoclave
Hypernyms:sterilise sterilize
Inherited Hypernyms:autoclavesterilizedisinfectcleanchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something