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uncooked

uncooked

11 1.0
Food that is raw and not heated before eating
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkʊkt/
: crudo
  • Many people enjoy sushi, which features uncooked fish and rice.

If they're not cooked to death and we eat uncooked ham or or pork, they start infecting the people.

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Examples

  • I remember watching her make her pies; she corrected the dough by tasting the uncooked mixture.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Like sushi, but no, it looks like uncooked beef.

  • We kind of look like uncooked chicken.

  • Can I have one of those uncooked ones?

  • You don't handle uncooked meat or chicken.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The E. coli outbreak in Europe that killed 50 people was from uncooked sprouts from an organic farm.

    Blog text (24)
  • That's uncooked pork.

  • Rodney grasps an uncooked egg from the carton on the kitchen counter.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Well, this one is different; it is an uncooked sauce freshly flavored with herbs, almonds, and tomatoes.

    Blog text (27)
  • If you eat uncooked eggs, you risk exposure to salmonella.

Synonyms

raw
vsuncooked
455 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

applies only to food not prepared by cooking, not to general unprocessed items
unbaked
vsuncooked
1 1.6

Not cooked in an oven and still raw

is any food not prepared by cooking, not limited to oven methods
cru
vsuncooked
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Food that is not cooked, often served fresh to keep its natural taste

is a neutral general term for food not prepared by cooking

Antonyms

∞ 1.3

Ready to use or do something when needed

131 1.0

Food that is heated until ready to eat

How Cooked

burned
14 1.0
overdone
3 2.9
well-done
15 1.6
medium
16 3.0
rare
45 3.3
underdone
2 3.8
uncooked
11 1.0

Surface Forms

uncooked positive

Morphology

uncooked = cooked (transparent) = un + cook + ed

The adjective is formed by applying the negative prefix 'un-' to 'cooked' (cook + -ed), giving a straightforward 'not cooked' meaning.

Etymology

Uncooked starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses cook, which means 'to prepare food with heat'. So uncooked means food that is 'not cooked', or 'raw'.