cooking
1 of 3present participle of cook entry 2
cooking
2 of 3noun
cook·ing ˈku̇-kiŋ 
1
a
: the act of preparing food for eating especially by heating : the act of cooking food
I do most of the cooking for our family.
b
: a manner of preparing food : cuisine
a technique used in French cooking
2
: food that is cooked
Do you like my cooking?
see also home cooking cooking
3 of 3adjective
: suitable or used for cooking
bought some cooking apples
cooking techniques
Cooking time is about 30 minutes.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2022 This script could have benefited from a little more cooking time. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 The Big Brunch is a cooking competition show produced alongside Boardwalk Pictures. Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 18 July 2022 If the mixture seems too thick, add a bit more cooking broth. Daniel Ford, The New Yorker, 11 July 2022 For the most cooking options, consider the June Oven Premium. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022 The show is a cooking competition in which master bakers work to create hyper-realistic cakes that look exactly like everyday objects. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 June 2022 Cooking by instinct is often heralded as the secret to becoming a better home cook, but not everyone is born with a cooking intuition. Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 Culinary students from Escondido Union High School District recently took part in a cooking competition at Orange Glen High School. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 See More
Adjective
Back in 2005, viewers were introduced to a cooking competition show which seemingly defied all kitchen odds: Iron Chef America. Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2022 This script could have benefited from a little more cooking time. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 The Big Brunch is a cooking competition show produced alongside Boardwalk Pictures. Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 18 July 2022 If the mixture seems too thick, add a bit more cooking broth. Daniel Ford, The New Yorker, 11 July 2022 For the most cooking options, consider the June Oven Premium. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022 The show is a cooking competition in which master bakers work to create hyper-realistic cakes that look exactly like everyday objects. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 June 2022 Cooking by instinct is often heralded as the secret to becoming a better home cook, but not everyone is born with a cooking intuition. Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 Culinary students from Escondido Union High School District recently took part in a cooking competition at Orange Glen High School. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1791, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing cooking
cooking 1 of 2
noun
as in cuisine
the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region) a TV show that teaches viewers the basics of French cooking Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cuisine
- cookery
- gastronomy
- haute cuisine
cooking
2 of 2verb
1
as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data Synonyms & Similar Words
- misrepresenting
- distorting
- coloring
- falsifying
- complicating
- warping
- slanting
- twisting
- misstating
- fudging
- misrelating
- bending
- garbling
- censoring
- perverting
- misinterpreting
- obscuring
- confusing
- camouflaging
- masking
- dissembling
- disguising
- misdescribing
- bowdlerizing
- whitewashing
- mistaking
- mistranslating
- misspeaking
- lying
- veiling
- mystifying
- fibbing
- prevaricating
- equivocating
- confounding
- glossing (over)
- paltering
- mixing (up)
- belying
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- interpreting
- explaining
- illustrating
- clarifying
- illuminating
- clearing (up)
- deciphering
- spelling out
2
as in happening
to take place wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house Synonyms & Similar Words
- happening
- doing
- being
- coming
- occurring
- passing
- coming down
- coming off
- coming about
- developing
- going down
- betiding
- chancing
- happing
- befalling
- going on
- transpiring
- rising
- coming to pass
- proceeding
- intervening
- following
- coming up
- resulting
- breaking
- falling out
- arising
- materializing
- turning out
- shaping (up)
- cropping (up)
- going off
- springing (up)
