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cooking

Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/

The English word “cooking” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The process of preparing food by using heat.
  2. An instance of preparing food by using heat.
  3. One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
  4. The style or genre of food preparation.
  5. The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.

adjective

  1. Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
  2. In progress, happening.
  3. Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.

Etymology

From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.

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