sterilizer

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sterilizer(n = noun.artifact) autoclave, steriliser - a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments;

has particulars: digester, pressure cooker

is a kind of vessel

Derived form verb sterilize₁

sterilizer, n.

One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing equipment or an organic fluid. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]