well-cooked

adjective (well cooked when postpositive)

having been cooked with skill so as to be pleasant to eat

(of meat) having been cooked thoroughly

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Words nearby well-cooked

well-connected, well-considered, well-constructed, well-content, well-controlled, well-cooked, well-covered, well-cultivated, well-defended, well-defined, well-demonstrated

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Example sentences from the Web for well-cooked

He tucked his napkin under his chin and openly enjoyed the home-made soup and the well-cooked meats.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
The girl ate with the healthy appetite that youth, a long fast, a day in the open, and a well-cooked meal can create.
The Reclaimers|Margaret Hill McCarter
And such wholesome, delicious, well-cooked dishes I have never eaten elsewhere.
Unveiling a Parallel|Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
We sat down to our dinner, so simple and so well-cooked that it was just what I liked.
Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood|George MacDonald

He consumed two juicy hot chops with keen relish, accompanied as they were by well-cooked rice.
Mrs. Red Pepper|Grace S. Richmond

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