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cooking

[ kook-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  2. the art or practice of preparing food; cookery.


adjective

  1. used in preparing foods:

    All of my cooking utensils are packed, so I had to order pizza.

  2. suited for use in cooked food: Compare baking ( def 5 ), eating ( def 4 ).

    The Golden Delicious is our favorite cooking apple, especially for applesauce.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • -Ǵǰ·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cooking1

First recorded in 1635–45; cook 1 + -ing 1 for the noun senses; cook 1 + -ing 2 for the adjective senses
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"Because there is no cooking gas, no food. When we want to have a cup of tea, I collect leaves to start a fire."

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Mustafa Gerima wants local communities to stop chopping down the trees to make charcoal - which they say is more profitable than the oil, also used in cooking, that is extracted from its fruit.

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“Fusions are all the rage in modern cooking and dining,” she wrote.

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Another man said he was cooking at home when he heard "two bangs that sounded a bit like fireworks" going off outside on the street.

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An Australian woman accused of cooking a fatal mushroom meal admits to picking wild funghi, lying to police and disposing of evidence, but will argue the "tragedy" was a "terrible accident".

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