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How to pronounce cook
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What does cook mean?
nounA person who prepares food.
“I'm a terrible cook, so I eat a lot of frozen dinners.”
The head cook of a manor house.
The degree or quality of cookedness of food.
verbTo prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
“I'm cooking bangers and mash.”
To apply heat to food in the course of preparing it, particularly in a way that transforms it rather than simply making it warmer.
To undergo cooking.
“The dinner is cooking on the stove.”
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