Defenition of the word cook

• Defenition of the word cook

  • To prepare by submerging in a liquid (usually water) at 100 degrees Celsius or more.
  • A person that has prepared a meal.
  • A person whose profession is to prepare food for customers.
  • To apply heat to something, usually food.
  • To prepare a meal or a single dish.
  • To make ready for eating or drinking.
  • someone who cooks food
  • transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
  • prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
  • prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
  • fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
  • English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
  • transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
  • prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
  • prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn''t cook"
  • transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
  • transform by heating
  • prepare for eating by applying heat
  • prepare a hot meal
  • tamper, with the purpose of deception

Synonyms for the word cook

• • bake
  • boil
  • chef
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fix
  • fry
  • fudge
  • grill
  • heat
  • make
  • manipulate
  • misrepresent
  • pastry-cook
  • prepare
  • ready
  • roast
  • steam
  • wangle

Similar words in the cook

• • cook
  • cook up
  • cook's
  • cookbook
  • cookbook's
  • cookbooks
  • cooke
  • cooke's
  • cooker
  • cooker's
  • cookeries
  • cookers
  • cookery
  • cookery's
  • cookie's
  • cookout
  • cookout's
  • cookouts
  • cooky's
  • fabricate
  • invent
  • make up
  • manufacture

Hyponyms for the word cook

• • bake
  • blanch
  • boil
  • braise
  • brown
  • chef
  • coddle
  • concoct
  • cook up
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • deglaze
  • devil
  • dress
  • dress out
  • escallop
  • Fannie Farmer
  • Fannie Merritt Farmer
  • Farmer
  • flambe
  • fricassee
  • fry
  • fry cook
  • grill
  • juggle
  • keep
  • lard
  • micro-cook
  • microwave
  • nuke
  • overcook
  • parboil
  • poach
  • precook
  • preserve
  • preserver
  • pressure-cook
  • put on
  • roast
  • roaster
  • scallop
  • seasoner
  • souse
  • steam
  • stew
  • whip up
  • whomp up
  • zap

Hypernyms for the word cook

• • alter
  • change
  • change integrity
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • create from raw material
  • create from raw stuff
  • modify
  • navigator
  • skilled worker
  • skilled workman
  • trained worker

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