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Definition of cooking

noun:

• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art", "people are needed who have experience in cookery", "he left the preparation of meals to his wife". Synonyms: cookery, preparation.

verb:

• prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook". Synonyms: cook.
• prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please", "can you make me an omelette?", "fix breakfast for the guests, please". Synonyms: cook, fix, make, prepare, ready.
• transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes". Synonyms: cook.
• tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures", "cook the books", "falsify the data". Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle.
• transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle". Synonyms: cook.

Related words

bake, baking, blanch, boiling, braise, braising, broil, broiling, brown, browning, coddle, concoct, cuisine, deglaze, devil, dress, escallop, flambe, fricassee, fry, frying, grill, grilling, juggle, keep, lard, microwave, nuke, overcook, parboil, percolation, poach, poaching, precook, preserve, roast, roasting, sauteing, scallop, simmering, souse, steam, stew, stewing, toasting, zap.

Words nearby

booking, choking, cooling, corking, hooking, looking.

Rhymes with

booking, hooking, looking.