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cook
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- pronunciation:
- kUk
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
cooks, cooking, cooked |
| definition 1: |
When you cook food, you make it ready to eat by making it hot. When you boil an egg, fry a chicken, or bake a potato, you are cooking food.
Before you cook spaghetti, it is really hard and crunchy.
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| definition 2: |
When you cook, you make a meal by making foods hot.
When my aunt was sick in bed, my mom cooked for my cousins for a week. |
| definition 3: |
When something cooks, it is being heated and becoming ready to eat.
The rice needs to cook for thirty minutes. |
| related words: |
boil, make, stew, toast, warm |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A cook is someone who makes food ready to eat.
Jake's mother is a cook at a fancy restaurant.My uncle is a terrible cook. He can't even make hot dogs!
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| derivation: |
cooked (adj.) |
Word Builder: cook +
- cookout:
a meal that is cooked and eaten outdoors; barbecue.
- cookbook:
a book with recipes and directions for cooking.
- cookware:
pots, pans, and other things for cooking food.
- cookstove:
a stove.
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broader categories that include cooking |
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housework, job |
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place for cooking |
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kitchen |
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some actions associated with cooking |
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beat, chop, dress, grease, mash, mix, stir |
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some measurements used in cooking |
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cup, dash, ounce, pinch, quart, tablespoon, teaspoon |
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some people associated with cooking |
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chef, cook |
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some things used in cooking |
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campfire, cookbook, firewood, gas, grill, microwave, natural gas, oven, pan, pot, range, recipe, spatula, stove, tablespoon, teaspoon, toaster |
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some ways of cooking |
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bake, boil, fry, grill, roast, smoke, steam, stew |
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