cookery
[ kook-uh-ree ]
/ ˈkʊk ə ri /
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noun, plural cook·er·ies.Chiefly British.
the art or practice of cooking.
a place equipped for cooking.
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cookbook, Cook, Captain James, cook-chill, Cooke, cooker, cookery, cookery book, cookery stove, Cookeville, cook-general, cookhouse
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British Dictionary definitions for cookery
cookery
/ (ˈkʊkərɪ) /
noun
the art, study, or practice of cooking
US a place for cooking
Canadian a cookhouse at a mining or lumber camp
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