chef
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
Other meanings
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
A reliquary in the shape of a head.
Related words
- chefnap
- chef salad
- chef watcher
- head chef
- pastry chef
- short-order chef
- station chef
- chefly
- autochef
- Chef Mike
- chefdom
- chefess
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "caput" (head).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chef” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.