chef
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
Noun 3 meanings
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
Any cook.
“My partner is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.”
Verb 3 meanings
To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
To stab with a knife, to shank.
“He got cheffed up proper.”
To impress others.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).
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CHEF at a glance
CHEF has 4 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + F 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,747 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with chef
All rhymes- CURCHEF17
One letter away
- CHEW12
- CHEM11
- CHER9
- CHEZ18
- CLEF9
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