cooking

Examples

• All

• Is it that we started cooking meat over fire?

• You like that cooking channel, huh, Grandma?

  Grandma's Boy (2006)

• For anyone interested in food and cooking, this development is of high interest.

  Academic text (1991)

• And some of us took up cooking or making bread.

  Late Night with Seth Meyers

• There had to be somebody to do the cooking and wash the dishes.

  Academic text (1990)

• They have a cooking class.

  80 for Brady (2023)

• It's a classic take on mom's cooking in Poland.

• Despite our millennia of practice, cooking meat remains a fairly primitive art.

  Academic text (1999)

• Domestic servants care for children and do the cooking, cleaning, and other housekeeping chores.

  Academic text (1999)

• She's into Chinese cooking.

  Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Synonyms

C

cookery

vscooking

• UK

6 3.2

Skill in making food by mixing and heating ingredients

is the simple act of heating food rather than a broader practiced skill

C

culinary art

vscooking

• Specialized

2 3.7

A skill for preparing and presenting food that people use as a job

is about the act of heating food not the professional presentation or craft

Idioms

W

what's cooking

• Informal

1 8.8

A friendly question asking what is happening or being planned

C

cooking with gas

• Informal

1 7.4

To work very well after a slow start

N

now you're cooking

• Informal

9.3

Shows approval when someone makes good progress

Compounds

C

cooking oil

7 1.0

Oil from plants or seeds used to cook food

C

cooking skill

4 1.8

To prepare and cook food well

C

cooking utensil

2 2.0

A kitchen tool for preparing, cooking, or serving food like a spatula

C

cooking stove

• US

1 1.0

A kitchen appliance that cooks food, usually with gas or electricity

C

cooking chocolate

• UK

1 1.4

Chocolate with little or no sugar used for baking and making desserts

F

fusion cooking

1 3.9

A way of making food that mixes ingredients and methods from different countries to make new dishes

C

cooking apple

2.8

An apple used for cooking, like in pies or sauces, not for eating raw

C

cooking lager

4.0

A simple beer people drink while preparing food

C

cooking pan

1.0

A wide shallow metal container for making food on a stove

How Complex

professional chef

4 3.4

cooking

504 1.0

cookery

• UK

6 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology