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cooking
[
k
oo
k
-ing]
/ˈkʊk ɪŋ/
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noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that
cooks
.
2.
the art or practice of preparing food;
cookery
.
adjective
3.
used in preparing foods:
a cooking utensil.
4.
fit to eat when
cooked
(distinguished from
eating
):
cooking apples.
Origin of
cooking
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1635-1645
First recorded in
1635-45;
cook
1
+
-ing
1
,
-ing
2
Related forms
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self-cooking,
adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018.
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