to precook
3
2.7
- verb
- /ˈpriːˌkʊk/
:
precocinar
- In general, as consumers buy increasing quantities of squid in prepared form, either as frozen squid rings or as precooked items, the difference between species seems to become less important.
Examples
-
I was saving it because I got nauseated by that precooked mini-mall rotisserie chicken.
-
Toppings need to be precooked since you are only broiling for a few minutes.
Blog text (7) -
Have you considered a precooked or presmoked turkey breast?
Blog text (33) -
It's been precooked.
-
Bad managers wasted money on expensive, high-status quick-cooking or precooked food.
Academic text (2014) -
Precooked, prefrozen, nearly pre-eaten food has taken its toll.
Academic text (2001) -
Rather, they are precooked, reheated, rubbery, and overpriced.
Blog text (29) -
Precooked (leftover) or canned salmon is great in salads, tossed into pasta, stirred into soups, or on top of pizza.
Blog text (32) -
"Middle-class or better-paid workers sometimes can buy their way out of the time crunch by using time- and labor-saving alternatives such as prewashed salad greens or precooked meals or by eating out," Devine explains.
Academic text (2005) -
You can save time by using precooked chicken in your recipes.
Synonyms
2
5.6
To cook vegetables a little by boiling them for a short time
How Prepared
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word precook is made of pre- meaning 'before' and cook, so it literally means 'to cook before'. In other words, to precook is to cook food ahead of time so you only need to heat or finish it later.