English dictionary
cook
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- someone who cooks food
verb
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
verb
- transform by heating
verb
- prepare for eating by applying heat
verb
- prepare a hot meal
verb
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
Example sentences
These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
Cook me dinner, please
can you make me an omelette?
fix breakfast for the guests, please
My husband doesn't cook
Fudge the figures
cook the books
falsify the data