cooking

American  

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that cooks.

2. the art or practice of preparing food; cookery.

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adjective

1. used in preparing foods.

   All of my cooking utensils are packed, so I had to order pizza.

2. suited for use in cooked food.

   The Golden Delicious is our favorite cooking apple, especially for applesauce.

Other Word Forms

• self-cooking adjective

Etymology

Origin of cooking

First recorded in 1635–45; cook ¹ + -ing ¹ for the noun senses; cook ¹ + -ing ² for the adjective senses

Example Sentences

That aside, I love dancing and cooking videos.

From The Wall Street Journal

So he hired this helper to do household chores, cooking and for companionship part time.

From MarketWatch

Soybean oil is the most commonly used cooking oil in the United States and appears in a wide range of processed foods.

From Science Daily

Getting home and cooking dinner, bathing their children and cleaning.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere, middle-class men, many of whom had rarely set foot inside a kitchen, hold impromptu classes where they instruct volunteers on boiling and cooking salt.

From BBC

Related Words

• cookery
• cuisine
• culinary art
• culinary science