cooking

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Synonyms of cooking next

present participle of cook entry 2

cooking

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noun

cook·ing ˈku̇-kiŋ

: the act of preparing food for eating especially by heating : the act of cooking food

I do most of the cooking for our family.

: a manner of preparing food : cuisine

a technique used in French cooking

: food that is cooked

Do you like my cooking?

adjective

: suitable or used for cooking

bought some cooking apples

cooking techniques

Cooking time is about 30 minutes.

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Noun

The dish fits perfectly with Julia Rivera’s cooking style, which fuses her family’s Korean cuisine with other cuisines, like Mexican. Tokio, in Denver’s Ballpark district, also keeps cheesy ramen, Cremoso Diablo, on the menu. —

Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024 Initially thought to be tar balls, the golf-ball-size debris turned out to be something much different — a combination of decomposed cooking oils, hair and food waste, the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said Wednesday. —

Peter Guo, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024

Adjective

The Los Angeles native took off during the early days of quarantine with her wonderfully weird and specific character videos: a woman who gets turned down by her roommate mid-cooking demo, and someone who's been excluded from their family's erotic film. —

Patrick Ryan usa Today, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2022 The Natural & Delicious high protein, 20% Ancestral Grain recipes are made up of 60 percent animal products (pre-cooking weight), 20% organic spelt and organic oats, and 20% vegetables, fruits, vitamins, and minerals. —

Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for cooking