| apartment |
An apartment is a place to live. It has one or more rooms that are connected to each other. An apartment has a place to sleep and also a place to cook food. An apartment is one part of a larger building, and one building can have many apartments in it. |
| apron |
An apron is a piece of clothing that people sometimes wear when they cook or clean or do some other kinds of work. An apron covers the front of the body, or part of it. People who cook in a restaurant always wear aprons. |
| bake |
When you bake something, you cook it in an oven. For baking, the oven is hot but at a medium temperature for an oven. Things like bread, cake, and cookies are baked. |
| barbecue |
A barbecue is a piece of equipment that food is cooked on outside, especially meat like beef, chicken, and pork. Vegetables are also cooked on a barbecue. The barbecue uses flames to cook the food. [2/4 definitions] |
| brown |
When you brown meat or any food, it means that you cook the food until it becomes brown. [1/3 definitions] |
| campground |
A campground is an outdoor place where people put up tents and stay for a short time. A campground is often part of a large park. It is a place to relax and enjoy nature. In some campgrounds, people can park a vehicle that they can sleep in and cook in. |
| chef |
A chef is a person whose job is to cook in a restaurant. When there are other people who cook in the same restaurant, the chef is usually the top person. |
| cook |
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. [3 definitions] |
| corn1 |
Corn is what we call the seeds that come from a corn plant. The seeds grow on long things called ears. People often cook the seeds and eat them as a vegetable. When the seeds are dried, they can be ground up to make flour. With the flour, people can bake things like corn muffins or corn bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| cucumber |
A cucumber is a long fruit with dark green skin. Because it is not sweet, we usually call a cucumber a vegetable. Cucumbers are light green inside, and there are often seeds that you can eat. We usually don't cook cucumbers. We often eat them in salads with other vegetables. |
| dishwasher |
A dishwasher is a machine that washes dishes, pans, and other things that you use when you eat or cook. |
| ear2 |
The part of the corn plant that holds the seeds is called the ear. People often cook an ear of corn and then eat the cooked seeds while holding it. |
| energy |
Energy is power or heat that comes from things such as the sun, wind, moving water, natural gas, or oil. Energy from these things can be used to make electricity. Humans use energy to stay warm, cook, produce light, and make things move or operate. [1/2 definitions] |
| fire |
When you make a fire, you burn something that makes heat, flames, and light. People usually make fires for heat or to cook things. [1/5 definitions] |
| fry1 |
When you fry food, you cook it in hot butter, oil, or other fat. |
| kitchen |
A kitchen is a room where you cook and keep food. |
| make |
When you make something, you cook it or put it together for eating or drinking. [1/6 definitions] |
| mix |
When you mix things, you put them together so that they are not separate things anymore. We often mix things when we bake or cook. [1/2 definitions] |
| oven |
An oven is something that you cook food in. An oven is like a large metal box that has a door. It can get very hot inside. |
| pan |
A pan is an open container that you can cook or bake food in. It is usually made of metal or glass. Some pans have handles, but others do not. A pan is often used for frying or cooking foods on a stove, or for baking things in an oven. |
| pasta |
Pasta is a kind of food made from flour, eggs, and water. This mixture is made into different shapes and dried. Before we can eat the pasta, we have to cook it in water to make it soft. A favorite kind of pasta in America is spaghetti. Macaroni is a popular kind of pasta too. |