cookery
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A delicacy; a dainty.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) Cooking tools or apparatus.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) A place where cooking is done.
Synonyms
art of cooking
style of cooking
business of a cook
culinary arts
kitch-work
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʊkəɹi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
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