Antonyms for cook

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : koo k

Phonetic Transcription : kʊk

Definition of cook

Origin : Old English coc, from Vulgar Latin cocus "cook," from Latin coquus, from coquere "to cook, prepare food, ripen, digest, turn over in the mind" from PIE root *pekw- "to cook" (cf. Oscan popina "kitchen," Sanskrit pakvah "cooked," Greek peptein, Lithuanian kepti "to bake, roast," Old Church Slavonic pecenu "roasted," Welsh poeth "cooked, baked, hot"). Germanic languages had no one native term for all types of cooking, and borrowed the Latin word (Old Saxon kok, Old High German choh, German Koch, Swedish kock).
There is the proverb, the more cooks the worse potage. [Gascoigne, 1575]

noun person who prepares food
verb prepare food, usually using heat

Example sentences :

I've knocked about in all sorts of places, and it won't be the first time I've served as cook.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

"So is the cook usefully employed while preparing dinner," said Philip.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Now say, 'Emma, you are one in a million, and a cook besides.'
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

His father is away this week and there was no one in the house but the cook.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Cook the potatoes and onions in the water until they are soft.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Add the sugar to the water and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Clean and cook the beets in the manner explained in Art. 73.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Cook until tender, but not so long that it will fall to pieces.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

She was not the cook, but she could, and had on occasion, served up a most enjoyable breakfast.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Cook them until they are quite soft, and then chop them or mash them.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Synonyms for cook

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