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cook

noun verb

someone who cooks food

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
C
Ends with
K
Contains
OO
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
A1

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. someone who cooks food

verb

  1. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

    “These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes”

verb

  1. transform by heating

    “The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle”

verb

  1. prepare for eating by applying heat

    “Cook me dinner, please”

verb

  1. prepare a hot meal

    “My husband doesn't cook”

verb

  1. tamper, with the purpose of deception

    “Fudge the figures”

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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

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, licensed under CC BY 4.0, derived from Princeton WordNet.
CEFR levels derived from the CEFR-J wordlist.

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