cookery
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
Example
“Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.”
Other meanings
A delicacy; a dainty.
Cooking tools or apparatus.
Synonyms
- cooking
- preparation
Word history
From Middle English "cokerie".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cookery” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.