precooked

1.9

Prepared earlier so you only need to heat it before eating

adjective
/ˌpriːˈkʊkt/

: precocinado

All McDonald's French fries are precooked and only refried in oil to deliver them warm and fresh at the store.

So the steel cut oats, we've got the rolled oats, we've got the instant precooked rolled oats, then we've got these super, super instant oats.

Examples

And then this precooked bacon is going to go into that cheeseburger pasta bake as well.
For breakfast, I often use precooked sausage that just needs to be heated.
You get to eat what you cooked and precooked meals are the healthiest.
You know, you jab it in your meat boop and then there it says here beef filled lamb, pork, precooked ham, chicken, Turkey, poultry.
Prepares frozen precooked chicken wings, Nuggets, breaded jalapeno Peppers, cheese Nuggets, fishblaze egg rolls and more.
So the steel cut oats, we've got the rolled oats, we've got the instant precooked rolled oats, then we've got these super, super instant oats.

ZOE
The store offers a variety of precooked meals that are ready to heat and serve.
I love making quick dinners with precooked rice, which saves me a lot of time.

Synonyms

ready-to-eat

vsprecooked

8 2.8

Food prepared in advance that you can eat without cooking

is sometimes only partly cooked and may need further heating before eating

ready-cooked

vsprecooked

2.2

Made earlier so you can eat it without more work in the kitchen

is often only partly cooked and may need further cooking before eating

Antonyms

raw

353 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

How Cooked

overdone

1 2.9

precooked

1.9

half-done

6 3.4

raw

353 1.0

Surface Forms

precooked positive

Morphology

precooked = cooked (transparent) = pre + cook + ed

The adjective is straightforwardly formed by adding 'pre-' to 'cooked' to mean cooked beforehand.

Etymology

The word precooked is made of pre- meaning 'before' and cook, so it means food that is cooked 'before' you buy or eat it. That's why precooked meals are already cooked in advance and usually only need reheating or a short extra step to be ready.