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cooker

cook·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [koo k-er]
    • /ˈkʊk ər/
    • /ˈkʊkə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koo k-er]
    • /ˈkʊk ər/

Definitions of cooker word

  • countable noun cooker A cooker is a large metal device for cooking food using gas or electricity. A cooker usually consists of a grill, an oven, and some gas or electric rings. 3
  • noun cooker an apparatus, usually of metal and heated by gas, electricity, oil, or solid fuel, for cooking food; stove 3
  • noun cooker any large sour apple used in cooking 3
  • noun cooker an apparatus or utensil for cooking 3
  • noun cooker a stove for cooking 3
  • noun cooker an appliance or utensil for cooking: pressure cooker. 1

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Origin of cooker

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; cook1 + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Cooker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cooker popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

cooker usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for cooker

noun cooker

  • heater — any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
  • oven — a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
  • microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
  • kiln — a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
  • boiler — A boiler is a device which burns gas, oil, electricity, or coal in order to provide hot water, especially for the central heating in a building.

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