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cooking

[ kook-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of a person or thing that cooks.
the art or practice of preparing food; cookery.

adjective

used in preparing foods:
All of my cooking utensils are packed, so I had to order pizza.
suited for use in cooked food: Compare baking ( def 5 ), eating ( def 4 ).
The Golden Delicious is our favorite cooking apple, especially for applesauce.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cooking¹

First recorded in 1635–45; cook ¹ + -ing ¹ for the noun senses; cook ¹ + -ing ² for the adjective senses

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At the end of March, all 25 bakeries supported by the WFP in Gaza were forced to close after wheat flour and cooking fuel ran out.

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However, he had access to a kitchen, where he was able to heat cooking oil and fashion weapons from equipment which he used to assault the guards.

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Whenever I’m cooking with peas, I always prefer frozen over fresh.

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Want to make a living with your delicious cooking?

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She has also found a love for batch cooking nutritious meals which she posts about on all of her channels on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and the workarounds she has developed as a blind cook.

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