cooking

Noun
US[kook-ing]/ˈkʊkɪŋ/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat“cooking can be a great art”“people are needed who have experience in cookery”“he left the preparation of meals to his wife”Synonyms: cookerypreparationType of change of stateKinds braising, frying, fusion cooking, poaching, toasting, baking, boiling, cuisine, percolation, broil +1 moreParts tenderization, seasoning
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Translations

Noun preparing food with heat

Spanish
cocción
French
cuisine
German
Kochen
Italian
cottura
Portuguese
cozinha
Russian
кулинари́я kulinaríja
Arabic
طَبْخ ṭabḵ
Chinese
烹饪 pēngrèn
Japanese
料理 ryōri
18 more languages
Swedish
matlagning
Greek
μαγειρική mageirikí
Korean
요리 yori
Indonesian
memasak
Portuguese (PT)
cozinha
Chinese (Trad.)
烹飪 pēngrèn
Albanian
gatim
Catalan
cocció
Esperanto
kuirado
Hebrew
בישול bishúl
Norwegian
matlaging
Romanian
gătire
Scottish Gaelic
còcaireachd
Swahili
mapishi

Noun the style or genre of food preparation

French
cuisine
German
Küche
Portuguese
cozinha
Russian
кулинари́я kulinaríja
Arabic
طبخ ṭabḵ
Japanese
料理 ryōri
Swedish
kök
Greek
μαγειρική mageirikí
Korean
요리 yori
9 more languages
Portuguese (PT)
cozinha
Albanian
kuzhinë
Estonian
kokakunst
Norwegian
kjøkken
Scottish Gaelic
còcaireachd
Swahili
mapishi

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

cooking noun

1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery. Syn. — cookery, cuisine, culinary art.

2. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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