cooking
The process of preparing food by using heat.
Noun 3 meanings
The process of preparing food by using heat.
The result of preparing food by using heat.
“My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.”
The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.
Adjective 3 meanings
Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
“I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet.”
In progress, happening.
“The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.”
Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
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.
COOKING at a glance
COOKING has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + O 1 + K 5 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,221 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cooking
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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