cook
A person who prepares food.
Noun 4 meanings
A 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.
The member of a hot-rivetting team who heats the rivets in a brazier, see rivet.
Verb 4 meanings
To 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.”
To smelt.
Etymology
From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).
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COOK at a glance
COOK has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + O 1 + K 5) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,193 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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