cooking

Etymology
From. 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).

Noun

 * 1)  The process of preparing food by using heat.
 * 2)  An instance of preparing food by using heat.
 * 3) The result of preparing food by using heat.
 * 4)  One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
 * My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
 * I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
 * 1)  The style or genre of food preparation.
 * What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
 * 1)  The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
 * 1)  One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
 * My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
 * I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
 * 1)  The style or genre of food preparation.
 * What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
 * 1)  The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
 * 1)  The style or genre of food preparation.
 * What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
 * 1)  The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
 * 1)  The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
 * 1)  The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
 * 1)  The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.

Synonyms

 * See

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kook
 * Akan: aduane-noa
 * Arabic:
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: kuirado
 * Ewe: nuɖaɖa
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საჭმლის მომზადება, კერძების მომზადება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: μαγειρική, ὀψοποιία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: cócaireacht, cócaráil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: coctūra
 * Malayalam:
 * Norman: tchuithie
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, matlagning
 * Nynorsk: matlaging
 * Old English: ġesod
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: chaya
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: còcaireachd
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: luto
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: готування,


 * Georgian: მზარეულობა
 * Hungarian:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Czech:, kuchařství
 * Estonian: kokakunst
 * Ewe: nuɖaɖa
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: სამზარეულო
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: μαγειρική, ὀψοποιία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: cócaireacht
 * Latin: coctūra
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: còcaireachd
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: luto, pagluluto
 * Telugu:


 * Ewe:

Adjective

 * 1) Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
 * 2)  In progress, happening.
 * The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
 * 1) (of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
 * The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
 * 1) (of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.