cookshack
7.5
A small building used for cooking food outdoors for workers
- noun
- /ˈkʊkˌʃæk/
- US
:
cocina
- After the long day at the site, everyone appreciated the hot meals prepared in the cookshack.
Examples
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The workers gathered at the cookshack to enjoy their barbecue lunch together.
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We grill steaks in the cookshack behind our house during the summer.
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It all began last Tuesday at the cookshack.
Fiction book (1994) -
You still stealin' biscuits from the cookshack?
Synonyms
kitchen
vscookshack
∞
1.0
A room in a house where people prepare and cook food
is specifically a small outdoor shed used mainly at worksites
kitchenette
vscookshack
8
3.8
A small area with a sink and fridge for making simple meals
is a standalone small outdoor cooking shed rather than an indoor cooking area
1
6.0
A building where people make and cook food for a group, for example on a ship or in a camp
is smaller, more informal and used for cooking outdoors or at worksites
5.1
A large kitchen in a building where staff cook meals for many people
is a smaller shed-like building used outdoors or on worksites
How Permanent
Surface Forms
cookshack singular
cookshacks plural
Morphology
Etymology
Cookshack is a plain English compound of cook 'someone who prepares food' and shack 'a small, simple building', so it literally means a small building or shed used for cooking, often outdoors or at a work site.