cook

cook is on the Basic English 850 List.

control - cook - copper

cook is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

converse - cook - copy

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kʊk/

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Verb

Plain form cook

Third-person singular cooks

Past tense cooked

Past participle cooked

Present participle cooking

1. (transitive & intransitive) To bake or boil, to prepare food.

   Darren will cook dinner today.

Synonyms

• prepare food

Related words

• cookbook
• cooker
• cookery
• cookie
• cookout
• cook-off
• cook up
• cook out
• over cook

Noun

Singular cook

Plural cooks

1. (countable) A person who cooks.
   • Synonym: chef

   Emily is a cook.