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noun
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: cooking
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A delicacy; a dainty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Cooking tools or apparatus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A place where cooking is done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Obsolete form of kukri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cooking, preparation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of state
Narrower terms: baking, toasting, browning, broil, broiling, grilling, frying, sauteing, fusion cooking, braising, poaching, roasting, boiling, stewing, simmering, percolation, cuisine, culinary art
History
From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
