What does cooking mean?
Definitions for cooking
ˈkʊk ɪŋcook·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word cooking.
Princeton's WordNet
cooking, cookery, preparation(noun)
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
"cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
Wiktionary
cooking(Noun)
The process of preparing food by using heat
Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.
cooking(Noun)
The process of preparing food.
Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.
cooking(Noun)
The result of that process, a meal.
I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.
cooking(Noun)
The style or genre of food preparation; cookery
Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.
cooking(Adjective)
In progress, happening.
The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.
Webster Dictionary
Cooking
of Cook
Freebase
Cooking
Cooking is the art or practice of preparing food with the use of heat or cold for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions. Cooks themselves also vary widely in skill and training. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, most notably as in Ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice. Sushi also utilizes a similar chemical reaction between fish and the acidic content of rice glazed with vinegar. Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans, and some scientists believe the advent of cooking played an important role in human evolution. Most anthropologists believe that cooking fires first developed around 250,000 years ago. The development of agriculture, commerce and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as pottery for holding and boiling water, expanded cooking techniques. Some modern cooks apply advanced scientific techniques to food preparation.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cooking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3575
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cooking' in Nouns Frequency: #2201
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cooking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cooking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of cooking in a Sentence
I was back east in Wellfleet [ Cape Cod ] a couple weeks ago, eating at one of those simple places that serves essentially a very naive style of cooking -- and, yes, the food was very basic -- but it was also some of the best fish'n chips I've ever had, from a fry mix.
We want people to think outside the box when it comes to yogurt. Whether you use it as a marinade [the acid in yogurt tenderize meat without cooking it like juice], a replacement for sour cream or a sauce on its own.
The joy and the selflessness that my Aunt Stella gave to cooking for other people, i link food and community and celebration and just being together.
Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients, have the right mixture and the right cooking time to the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
The only thing that honestly changed is that were not doing carryout, my husband has been cooking and he goes every two weeks to the grocery store and freezes a bunch of meat.
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- طبخArabic
- vaření, kuchyně, kuchařstvíCzech
- KochenGerman
- nuɖaɖaEwe
- μαγειρικήGreek
- kuiradoEsperanto
- cuisine, tambouilleFrench
- còcaireachdScottish Gaelic
- בִּשּׁוּל, בישולHebrew
- konyhaművészet, főzésHungarian
- 料理Japanese
- cozimento, cozinha, culináriaPortuguese
- готовка, кулинария, стряпняRussian
- matlagningSwedish
- mapishiSwahili
- சமையல்Tamil
- వంటTelugu
- pagluluto, lutoTagalog
- aşçılıkTurkish
- کھانا پکانےUrdu
- nấu nướngVietnamese
- 烹饪Chinese
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