cookingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/us/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/A2 the activity of preparing or cooking food:
My mother always hated cooking.
Who does the cooking in your house?
I love my dad's cooking (= the food that he cooks).
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- I'm trying to be more adventurous with my cooking.
- The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.
- I love Creole cooking, so hot and spicy.
- He praises my cooking but it's just a cynical ploy to get me to make his meals.
- Home cooking seems to be on the/in decline .
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Cookery terms
- al dente
- au gratin
- battered
- breaded
- chiffon
- drizzle
- extra-rare
- flambé
- gastronomy
- gratin
- hard-boiled
- oven glove
- potholder
- scramble
- spoonful
- tbsp
- teaspoonful
- tsp
- uncooked
- à la mode
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cookingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/us/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/good for cooking with:
cooking apples
cooking oil
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- grilled
- microwave
- preheat
- render
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
- simmer
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