precooked

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of precook.
  precook

  verb (used with object)

  to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of precook.
  precook

  verb (used with object)

  to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.

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precooked

There’s no screaming, or precooked, scorched-earth inveighing begging for TikTok aggregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

To attract increasingly discerning consumers, Kroger has offered a precooked holiday meal for eight of turkey or ham, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, cranberry and gravy for about $11 a person.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Though EBT food assistance prohibits the purchase of precooked items like pizza slices, customers have workarounds: First, Dalia sold the woman a frozen pizza.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024

Packaged ramen that’s easily cooked in hot water at home is called instant noodles; it’s precooked and then dried.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Here in Bat Deng’s market, long homemade wooden tables display dried fish, slabs of pork, yellow naked chickens, green beans, white corn, red tomatoes, orange mangoes, ripe guava, papayas, and some precooked food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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