cooking

Plural

cookings

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The process of preparing food by using heat.

   • The cooking took a long time. Fionn built a spit from the ash that the salmon had knocked down.

2. 2.The result of preparing food by using heat.

   • I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
   • One of the most common styles of Japanese cooking is called nimono.
   • What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

3. 3.The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.

   • ‘Pint of bitter, please,” said Reggie. ‘Pint of cooking,” said the landlord.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.

   • I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet.
   • This tree bears cooking apples.

2. 2.In progress, happening.(informal)

   • The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.

3. 3.Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.

   • Add 1 pint of cooking sherry and boil again for 30 minutes.
   • Bone a shoulder of mutton and lay in the following pickle for 24 hours, viz.:…half pint of cooking claret…and long peppers.
   • JOHN JASPER: Mama says for you to come on upstairs and bring her a pint of cooking sherry. BODIDDLY: You know your Mama ain’t gonna do no cooking this time of the night!

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.present participle and gerund of cook

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Synonyms

• preparation

Word family

• cook