"cooking" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooking.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularised by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cook|ing}} cook + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cooking (not comparable)
  1. Designed or suitable for culinary purposes. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-adj-Jr~-YyXu
  2. (informal) In progress, happening. Tags: informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-adj-zJI~7gT- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 31 9 1 2 7 2 21 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 25 11 3 5 8 4 20 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 8 24 8 3 3 11 4 21 20
  3. (of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-adj-l8mzSy7U

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooking.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cookings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularised by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cook|ing}} cook + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)
  1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat. Tags: uncountable Translations (the process of preparing food by using heat): kook (Afrikaans), aduane-noa (Akan), μαγειρική (mageirikḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὀψοποιία (opsopoiía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), طَبْخ (ṭabḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), রান্না (ranna) (Bengali), 烹調 (Chinese Mandarin), 烹调 (pēngtiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 烹飪 (Chinese Mandarin), 烹饪 (pēngrèn) (Chinese Mandarin), vaření [neuter] (Czech), kuirado (Esperanto), nuɖaɖa [masculine] (Ewe), keittäminen (Finnish), ruoanlaitto (Finnish), cuisine [feminine] (French), cocemento [masculine] (Galician), საჭმლის მომზადება (sač̣mlis momzadeba) (Georgian), კერძების მომზადება (ḳerʒebis momzadeba) (Georgian), Kochen [neuter] (German), μαγειρική (mageirikí) [feminine] (Greek), בִּשּׁוּל (bishúl) [masculine] (Hebrew), főzés (Hungarian), sütés-főzés (Hungarian), cócaireacht [feminine] (Irish), cócaráil [feminine] (Irish), cucina [feminine] (Italian), 料理 (ryōri) (alt: りょうり) (Japanese), クッキング (kukkingu) (Japanese), 요리 (yori) (Korean), 료리 (ryori) [North-Korea] (Korean), coctūra [feminine] (Latin), പാചകം (pācakaṁ) (Malayalam), tchuithie [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), matlaging [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), matlagning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), matlaging [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ġesod [neuter] (Old English), cozinha [feminine] (Portuguese), cozimento (Portuguese), chaya (Quechua), гото́вка (gotóvka) [feminine] (Russian), кулинари́я (kulinaríja) [feminine] (Russian), стряпня́ (strjapnjá) [dated, feminine] (Russian), còcaireachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), cocción [feminine] (Spanish), mapishi [class-6] (Swahili), upishi [class-11] (Swahili), matlagning [common-gender] (Swedish), luto (Tagalog), వంట (vaṇṭa) (Telugu), aşçılık (Turkish), готування (hotuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), варіння (varinnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-noun-qGD6PHg4 Disambiguation of 'the process of preparing food by using heat': 56 14 14 14 1
  2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat. Tags: countable, rare
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-noun-hQ2a4bNx
  3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
    (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
    Tags: uncountable Synonyms (skill or style of food preparation): culinary art Translations (one's ability to prepare food; cookery): მზარეულობა (mzareuloba) (Georgian), főztje (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-noun-xwCJTAzq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 8 24 8 3 3 11 4 21 20 Disambiguation of 'skill or style of food preparation': 4 5 66 22 3 Disambiguation of "one's ability to prepare food; cookery": 2 2 94 2 1
  4. The result of preparing food by using heat.
    (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.
    Tags: uncountable Translations (the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine): kookkuns (Afrikaans), μαγειρική (mageirikḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὀψοποιία (opsopoiía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), kuchyně [feminine] (Czech), kuchařství [neuter] (Czech), kokakunst (Estonian), nuɖaɖa [masculine] (Ewe), keittotaito (Finnish), ruoanlaitto (Finnish), art culinaire [masculine] (French), სამზარეულო (samzareulo) (Georgian), Küche [feminine] (German), Kochkunst [feminine] (German), μαγειρική (mageirikí) [feminine] (Greek), בישול \ בִּשּׁוּל (bishúl) [masculine] (Hebrew), konyhaművészet (Hungarian), konyha (Hungarian), cócaireacht [feminine] (Irish), coctūra [feminine] (Latin), പാചകം (pācakaṁ) (Malayalam), kjøkken [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), cozinha [feminine] (Portuguese), culinária [feminine] (Portuguese), còcaireachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), cocina [feminine] (Spanish), mapishi [class-6] (Swahili), upishi [class-11] (Swahili), kök [neuter] (Swedish), luto (Tagalog), pagluluto (Tagalog), వంట (vaṇṭa) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-noun-AItGm6vt Disambiguation of 'the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine': 3 4 25 66 2
  5. (uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-noun-SBbYaEcp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 8 24 8 3 3 11 4 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cooking base, cooking oil, cooking time, home cooking, induction cooking

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooking.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularised by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cook|ing}} cook + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cooking
  1. present participle and gerund of cook Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cook
    Sense id: en-cooking-en-verb-X4LGpXa5 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 8 24 8 3 3 11 4 21 20

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]",
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          "ref": "2014, Vickie Vaclavik, Elizabeth W. Christian, Essentials of Food Science, page 97",
          "text": "Of nutritional benefit in cooking is a short cooking time in a minimal amount of water or steaming the vegetables. Yet, there are times when just the opposite, that is lengthy cooking, with plentiful water may be desirable to achieve mild taste–foods such as mild tasting cooked onions may benefit from lengthy cooking and plentiful water.",
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          "word": "রান্না"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "烹調"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vaření"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "kuirado"
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          "lang": "Ewe",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "keittäminen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "ruoanlaitto"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cocemento"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sač̣mlis momzadeba",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳerʒebis momzadeba",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "კერძების მომზადება"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Kochen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mageirikí",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mageirikḗ",
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          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "opsopoiía",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ὀψοποιία"
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          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bishúl",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בִּשּׁוּל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "főzés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "sütés-főzés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cócaireacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cócaráil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cucina"
        },
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          "alt": "りょうり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ryōri",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "料理"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kukkingu",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "クッキング"
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          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yori",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "요리"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ryori",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "료리"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coctūra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pācakaṁ",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "പാചകം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tchuithie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matlaging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matlagning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "matlaging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ġesod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cozinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "cozimento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "word": "chaya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gotóvka",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гото́вка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kulinaríja",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кулинари́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "strjapnjá",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стряпня́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "còcaireachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cocción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "class-6"
          ],
          "word": "mapishi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "class-11"
          ],
          "word": "upishi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 14 14 14 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "matlagning"
        },
        {
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    "Rhymes:English/ʊkɪŋ",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "cooking base"
    },
    {
      "word": "cooking oil"
    },
    {
      "word": "cooking time"
    },
    {
      "word": "home cooking"
    },
    {
      "word": "induction cooking"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "クッキング"
          },
          "expansion": "クッキング (kukkingu)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: クッキング (kukkingu)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cook",
        "3": "ing"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularised by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978).",
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    {
      "form": "cookings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Padraic O'Farrell, chapter 6, in Ancient Irish Legends",
          "text": "The cooking took a long time. Fionn built a spit from the ash that the salmon had knocked down.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Vickie Vaclavik, Elizabeth W. Christian, Essentials of Food Science, page 97",
          "text": "Of nutritional benefit in cooking is a short cooking time in a minimal amount of water or steaming the vegetables. Yet, there are times when just the opposite, that is lengthy cooking, with plentiful water may be desirable to achieve mild taste–foods such as mild tasting cooked onions may benefit from lengthy cooking and plentiful water.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of preparing food by using heat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904, Winston Churchill, The Crossing, page 1",
          "text": "In the tiny kitchen a dozen men and a boy tried to hush their breathing, and sweltered. For it was very hot, and the pent-up odor of past cookings was stifling to men used to the open",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, R. S. Khare, The Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists, page 194",
          "text": "This culinary process is but the first in a series of cookings, of which the intracorporeal cookings constitute the rest.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Michael Symons, A History of Cooks and Cooking, page 95",
          "text": "Historian Madeleine Pelner Cosman addresses the multiple cookings of single dishes in medieval recipes. Why would a veal stew require four changes of pot and five separate cookings?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of preparing food by using heat."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal."
        },
        {
          "text": "I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Diana Kirk, Sex, Lies and Rodeo Games, page 67",
          "text": "\"I know his cooking is bad, but […]\" She fluffed the pillows and placed them behind Suzanne's neck. \"I thought Josh's cooking was much worse than Matt's, but I guess the bad-cook crown goes to the big guy.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, J. M. Waters, Grey Falcon, page 14",
          "text": "His cooking is good to mediocre and most of the time, simple and filling.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Anna Bromley, Wild Animals and Wedding Outfits, page 145",
          "text": "Azie is a charming and attentive host. His cooking is excellent and the meals he prepares seem healthy and nutritious.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The result of preparing food by using heat.",
        "One's ability to prepare food; cookery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cookery",
          "cookery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "The result of preparing food by using heat.",
        "(uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Reiko Weston, Cooking the Japanese Way, page 9",
          "text": "One of the most common styles of Japanese cooking is called nimono.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Andrea Broomfield, Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History, page 3",
          "text": "No one, regardless of money and status, could work very successfully outside these variables, and as a result, people's diet and cooking were largely the same, although the rich could afford more food and more variety than could the poor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Pat Chapman, India Food and Cooking: The Ultimate Book on Indian Cuisine, page 53",
          "text": "Though sesame is a minor spice in Indian cooking, it is an important export crop there. It has a somewhat neutral, nutty taste and it is used to texture delicate cooking.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The result of preparing food by using heat.",
        "The style or genre of food preparation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ],
        [
          "genre",
          "genre"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "The result of preparing food by using heat.",
        "(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, David Nobbs, Reginald Perrin Omnibus: (Reginald Perrin), page 189",
          "text": "‘Pint of bitter, please,” said Reggie. ‘Pint of cooking,” said the landlord.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking"
        ],
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ],
        [
          "lager",
          "lager"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊkɪŋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "skill or style of food preparation",
      "word": "culinary art"
    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "kook"
    },
    {
      "code": "ak",
      "lang": "Akan",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "aduane-noa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭabḵ",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَبْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ranna",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "রান্না"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "烹調"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pēngtiáo",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "烹调"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "烹飪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pēngrèn",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "烹饪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vaření"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "kuirado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ee",
      "lang": "Ewe",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nuɖaɖa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "keittäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "ruoanlaitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuisine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cocemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sač̣mlis momzadeba",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "საჭმლის მომზადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳerʒebis momzadeba",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "კერძების მომზადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mageirikí",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαγειρική"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mageirikḗ",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαγειρική"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "opsopoiía",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὀψοποιία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bishúl",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בִּשּׁוּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "főzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "sütés-főzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cócaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cócaráil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cucina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りょうり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryōri",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "料理"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kukkingu",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "クッキング"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yori",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "요리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ryori",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "료리"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coctūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pācakaṁ",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "പാചകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tchuithie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matlaging"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matlagning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matlaging"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ġesod"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cozinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "cozimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "chaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gotóvka",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гото́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kulinaríja",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кулинари́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strjapnjá",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стряпня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "còcaireachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cocción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "mapishi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "class-11"
      ],
      "word": "upishi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matlagning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "luto"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vaṇṭa",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "వంట"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "word": "aşçılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hotuvannja",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "готування"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "varinnja",
      "sense": "the process of preparing food by using heat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "варіння"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mzareuloba",
      "sense": "one's ability to prepare food; cookery",
      "word": "მზარეულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one's ability to prepare food; cookery",
      "word": "főztje"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "kookkuns"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuchyně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kuchařství"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "kokakunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "ee",
      "lang": "Ewe",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nuɖaɖa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "keittotaito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "ruoanlaitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "art culinaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samzareulo",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "სამზარეულო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Küche"
    },
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      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "opsopoiía",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ὀψοποιία"
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      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "konyhaművészet"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "konyha"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coctūra"
    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pācakaṁ",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "പാചകം"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kjøkken"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cozinha"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "culinária"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "còcaireachd"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cocina"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
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    },
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "pagluluto"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vaṇṭa",
      "sense": "the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine",
      "word": "వంట"
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}

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