cookery

[ kook-uh-ree ]
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noun,plural cook·er·ies.Chiefly British.
  1. the art or practice of cooking.

  2. a place equipped for cooking.

Origin of cookery

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English cokerie, kokery; see origin at cook1, -ery

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British Dictionary definitions for cookery

cookery

/ (ˈkʊkərɪ) /


noun
  1. the art, study, or practice of cooking

  2. US a place for cooking

  1. Canadian a cookhouse at a mining or lumber camp

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