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Meaning of COOKERY

Pronunciation:  'kûkuree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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"
 
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 Synonyms: cooking, preparation
 
 See Also: baking, boiling, braising, broil, broiling, browning, change of state, cuisine, culinary art, frying, grilling, percolation, poaching, roasting, sauteing, seasoning, simmering, stewing, tenderisation, tenderization, toasting

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cook"er*y\ (k[oo^]k"[~e]r*[y^]), n.
1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by
   dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.
2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] --R. North.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: bakehouse, bakery, baking, barbecuing, basting, boiling, braising, brewing, broil, broiling, burner, caboose, caliduct, camboose, catering, cooker, cookhouse, cooking, cookroom, cuisine, culinary science, domestic science, element, frying, furnace, galley, gas jet, grilling, heater, heating duct, home economics, jet, kitchen, kitchenette, nutrition, pan-broiling, pilot light, poaching, roasting, sauteing, scullery, searing, shirring, simmering, steam pipe, steeping, stewing, stove, tewel, toasting, tuyere, warmer
 

 

 

 

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