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cooking

  • noun
  • /ˈkʊkɪŋ/

The process of preparing food by using heat.

Other meanings

  1. The result of preparing food by using heat.

  2. One's ability to prepare food; cookery.

Synonyms

  • cookery
  • preparation

Related words

  • modernist cooking
  • cooking show
  • cookingware
  • noncooking
  • cooking oil
  • cooking base
  • induction cooking
  • cooking time
  • home cooking
  • cooking torch
  • cooking turner
  • chaos cooking

Example sentences

  • “It's time to start cooking.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

  • “Do they know cooking ?”

    Tatoeba · PrasantaHembram · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cooking” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; 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.