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- [koo k-ing]
- /ˈkʊk ɪŋ/
- /ˈkʊkɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koo k-ing]
- /ˈkʊk ɪŋ/
Definitions of cooking word
- uncountable noun cooking Cooking is food which has been cooked. 3
- adjective cooking Cooking ingredients or equipment are used in cookery. 3
- noun cooking a person who cooks: The restaurant hired a new cook. 1
- adjective cooking used in preparing foods: a cooking utensil. 1
- adjective cooking fit to eat when cooked (distinguished from eating): cooking apples. 1
- verb with object cooking to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting. 1
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Origin of cooking
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; cook1 + -ing1, -ing2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cooking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cooking popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% 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".
cooking usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cooking
adj cooking
- baking — You can use baking to describe weather or a place that is very hot indeed.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- sizzling — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- boiling — very warm
noun cooking
- cookery — Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
- cuisine — The cuisine of a country or district is the style of cooking that is characteristic of that place.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- home economics — the art and science of home management.
adjective cooking
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- food — any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
adverb cooking
- on one's game — playing well
- on a roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- smoking — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
Antonyms for cooking
adj cooking
- freezing — (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point.
Top questions with cooking
- how to cooking rice?
- how to cooking pasta?
- how to dispose of cooking oil?
See also
Matching words
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