a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): double saucepan
double boiler in American English
US
a pair of saucepans, one of which fits above and partly inside the other: food is cooked in the upper one by water boiling in the lower
Examples of 'double boiler' in a sentence
double boiler
Put into a double boiler and stir until the mixture boils.
Guyton, Anita The Natural Beauty Book - cruelty-free cosmetics to make at home (1991)
Place the oils and wax in a double boiler and melt them gently.
Guyton, Anita The Natural Beauty Book - cruelty-free cosmetics to make at home (1991)