transcription, транскрипция: [ kʊk ]
( cooks, cooking, cooked)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
I have to go and cook the dinner...
Chefs at the St James Court restaurant have cooked for the Queen...
We’ll cook them a nice Italian meal.
VERB : V n , V , V n n
• cook‧ing
Her hobbies include music, dancing, sport and cooking.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
When you cook food, or when food cooks , it is heated until it is ready to be eaten.
...some basic instructions on how to cook a turkey...
Let the vegetables cook gently for about 10 minutes...
Drain the pasta as soon as it is cooked.
VERB : V n , V , V-ed
3.
A cook is a person whose job is to prepare and cook food, especially in someone’s home or in an institution.
They had a butler, a cook, and a maid.
= chef
N-COUNT
4.
If you say that someone is a good cook , you mean they are good at preparing and cooking food.
N-COUNT : adj N
5.
If you say that someone has cooked the books , you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people. ( INFORMAL )
PHRASE : V inflects
6.
see also cooking