English Explanatory Dictionary

cookery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
  2. A delicacy; a dainty.
  3. Cooking tools or apparatus.
  4. A place where cooking is done.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of kukri.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʊk(ə)ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cookery.wav

Word forms

cookery cookeries

Etymology

From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.

Synonyms

cooking culinary art

Derived words

cookery book
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