cook
verb (used with object)
to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
cooks
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pluralof cook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Americans are lodged in a resort hotel in the Carpathian mountain foothills, complete with valets, cooks, a radio and spending money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
She says she’s now mom’s full-time caregiver: She cooks, manages her medications, drives her to appointments and handles her finances and insurance paperwork.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
If Silicon Valley has perfected any business model, it’s the one in which it cooks up a new technology and then persuades people they can’t live without it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Japanese cooks are working with a brand-new selection of seafood, since El Nino has altered ocean migratory routes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
They included Giusta’s wife, maids, cooks, porters, gardeners, stablemen, and doormen.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
