Definitions for cooking
ˈkʊk ɪŋcook·ing

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cooking(Noun)

   The process of preparing food by using heat

   Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

2. cooking(Noun)

   The process of preparing food.

   Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

3. 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.

4. cooking(Noun)

   The style or genre of food preparation; cookery

   Etymology: From . The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

5. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cooking

   of Cook

Freebase(3.78 / 9 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cooking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3575

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cooking' in Nouns Frequency: #2201

How to pronounce cooking?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say cooking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cooking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cooking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cooking in a Sentence

1. Michael Cimarusti:

   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.

2. John Fout:

   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.

3. Dawn Davis:

   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.

4. Bette:

   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.

5. Jana Kramer:

   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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