English Explanatory Dictionary

cooking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of preparing food by using heat.
  2. An instance of preparing food by using heat.
  3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
  4. One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
  5. The style or genre of food preparation.
  6. The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.
adj
  1. Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
  2. In progress, happening.
  3. Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cook

Pronunciation

/ˈkʊkɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooking.wav /ˈkɵkɪŋ/ /ˈkuːkɪŋ/ /ˈkʉkɪŋ/

Word forms

cooking cookings

Etymology

From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.

Synonyms

culinary art

Derived words

chaos cooking cooking base cooking lager cooking oil cooking sherry cooking show cooking time cooking torch cooking turner cookingware home cooking induction cooking modernist cooking noncooking
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