cooking

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
3. (uncountable) The result of preparing food by using heat.
4. (uncountable) The result of preparing food by using heat.
5. (uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
2. (informal, not-comparable) In progress, happening.
3. (not-comparable) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.

Verb

present participle and gerund of cook

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cook

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Synonyms

cookery

cuisine

boiling

cook

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kitchen

maturing

dressing

preparation

concoction

boil

culinary arts

meal

baking

muggy

potlatch

ripening

roasting

salary

simmering

smother

stewing

table

fuel and water

preparing food

preparing meal

making a dish

causing digestion

business of a cook

manner of cooking

food preparation

preparing the grub

batch

board

braising

broiling

cooked

diet

dish

fare

food

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heating

humid

kitchens

Translations

cuisine

Kochen

cocción

cottura

Küche

طبخ

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cocina

culinária

μαγείρεμα

cozinha

cuisson

cucina

μαγειρική

κουζίνα

cozimento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978).

Sentences

He's home cooking dinner .

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .