Associations to the word «Cooking»

Wiktionary

COOKING, adjective. (informal) In progress, happening.
COOKING, noun. The process of preparing food by using heat.
COOKING, noun. (by extension) The process of preparing food.
COOKING, noun. (by extension) The result of that process, a meal.
COOKING, noun. The style or genre of food preparation; cookery.
COOKING, verb. Present participle of cook
COOKING APPLE, noun. Any apple primarily used for making pies, crumbles or sauces
COOKING OIL, noun. A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc.
COOKING OILS, noun. Plural of cooking oil
COOKING POT, noun. Any vessel (such as a saucepan), with or without a lid, used to cook food
COOKING POTS, noun. Plural of cooking pot
COOKING SODA, noun. Sodium bicarbonate
COOKING SPRAY, noun. An aerosol sprayed on to cooking pans to make them non-stick
COOKING THE BOOKS, verb. Present participle of cook the books
COOKING UP, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of cook up
COOKING UTENSIL, noun. A utensil used for preparing, handling, or serving food.
COOKING UTENSILS, noun. Plural of cooking utensil

Dictionary definition

COOKING, 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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne