cooking
NounUS[kook-ing]/ˈkʊkɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (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
- Turkish
- yemek pişirme
- Russian
- кулинари́я kulinaríja
- Arabic
- طَبْخ ṭabḵ
- Chinese
- 烹饪 pēngrèn
- Japanese
- 料理 ryōri
18 more languages
- Dutch
- kookkunst
- Swedish
- matlagning
- Greek
- μαγειρική mageirikí
- Korean
- 요리 yori
- Indonesian
- memasak
- Portuguese (PT)
- cozinha
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 烹飪 pēngrèn
- Albanian
- gatim
- Catalan
- cocció
- Czech
- vaření
- Esperanto
- kuirado
- Finnish
- ruoanlaitto
- Hebrew
- בישול bishúl
- Latvian
- vārīšana
- 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
- Dutch
- kookkunst
- Swedish
- kök
- Greek
- μαγειρική mageirikí
- Korean
- 요리 yori
9 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- cozinha
- Albanian
- kuzhinë
- Czech
- kuchyně
- Estonian
- kokakunst
- Finnish
- ruoanlaitto
- Georgian
- სამზარეულო samzareulo
- 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