cook

noun
/kʊk/

A person who prepares food.

Other meanings

The head cook of a manor house.
The degree or quality of cookedness of food.

Example sentences

“My mom is an excellent cook.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“My father often cooks.”
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“It's healthier to cook with eggplant or mushrooms than imitation meat.”
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Word history

From Latin "cocus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cook” 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.