cooking

/ˈkʊk·ɪŋ/ n [U]

Definition

› the skill or activity of preparing and heating food to be eaten: My mother always hated cooking. › Cooking can also refer to a particular style of preparing food: Southern/Italian cooking

(Definition of cooking n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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cook up something phrasal verb PREPARE FOOD
cook v
cookbook n
cookie n FOOD
cookie n PERSON
cooking n
cookout n
cool (someone) down/off phrasal verb CONTROL ANGER
cool adj CALM
cool adj COLD
cool adj COLORS

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