I. cook ‧ ing 1 /ˈkʊkɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ cook , ↑ cooker , ↑ cookery , ↑ cooking ; adjective : cooked ≠ ↑ uncooked , overcooked ≠ UNDERCOOKED , ↑ cooking ; verb : ↑ cook , ↑ overcook ≠ UNDERCOOK ]
1 . the act of making food and cooking it:
My mother does all the cooking.
I love cooking.
2 . food made in a particular way or by a particular person:
My compliments on your cooking.
Indian cooking
simple basic home cooking (=good food like the food you get in your own home)
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ do the cooking
Who does the cooking in your house?
▪ share the cooking (=both cook the food)
Pete and I usually share the cooking.
▪ like/enjoy cooking
I enjoy cooking at the weekend.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cooking
▪ home cooking (=food cooked at home, not in a restaurant)
Home cooking always tastes best to me.
▪ Italian/French etc cooking
Fresh herbs are used a lot in Thai cooking.
▪ traditional cooking
Traditional Asian cooking uses a lot of oil.
▪ vegetarian cooking
a book on vegetarian cooking
▪ slow cooking
Slow cooking gives the dish a better flavour.
■ cooking + NOUN
▪ cooking facilities (=somewhere to cook, with the equipment you need)
The apartment has one bedroom and a sitting-room with cooking facilities.
▪ cooking time (=how long you cook something for)
Adjust the cooking time according to the size of the bird.
▪ cooking utensils (=pots, spoons, knives etc that you use when cooking)
The kitchen has all the cooking utensils you will need.
▪ a cooking method
Adjust your cooking methods for healthy eating.
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THESAURUS
■ preparing food
▪ grate to cut cheese, carrot etc into small pieces by rubbing it against a special tool:
Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the top of the pasta.
▪ melt to make butter, chocolate etc become liquid:
Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
▪ sieve British English , sift American English to put flour or other powders through a ↑ sieve (=tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces) :
Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
▪ chop to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife:
Chop up the vegetables.
▪ dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:
Dice the carrots and then fry them in butter.
▪ season to add salt, pepper etc to food:
Season the meat before grilling.
▪ crush to use a lot of force to break something such as seeds into very small pieces or into a powder:
Add one clove of crushed garlic.
▪ mix to combine different foods together:
Mix together all the ingredients in one bowl.
▪ beat/whisk to mix food together quickly with a fork or other tool:
Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
▪ stir to turn food around with a spoon:
Stir the sauce gently to prevent burning.
▪ fold something in to gently mix another substance into a mixture:
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
▪ knead to press ↑ dough (=a mixture of flour and water) many times with your hands when you are making bread:
Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
▪ drizzle to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something:
Drizzle with olive oil.
▪ let something stand to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it:
Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
▪ serve to put different foods together as part of a meal:
Serve with rice and a salad.
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Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.
II. cooking 2 BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ cook , ↑ cooker , ↑ cookery , ↑ cooking ; adjective : cooked ≠ ↑ uncooked , overcooked ≠ UNDERCOOKED , ↑ cooking ; verb : ↑ cook , ↑ overcook ≠ UNDERCOOK ]
[only before noun] suitable for or used in cooking:
The rooms all have cooking facilities (=there is cooking equipment in the rooms) .
cooking pot/utensils/equipment etc
cooking apples