Definitions

cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /

NOUN

food preparation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cookery cuisine culinary art culinary science

STRONG

gastronomy

ADJECTIVE

being prepared with heat

Synonyms

STRONG

baking boiling broiling browning frying grilling heating roasting simmering sizzling steaming steeping stewing toasting

ADJECTIVE

going on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afoot happening under way

ADJECTIVE

going strong

Synonyms

STRONG

in full swing on a roll progressing roaring thriving

Example Sentences

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Cooking one more night a week could result in you having a bit more wiggle room in your “fun” budget.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Cooking has become difficult, she says, because rain has made the ground wet and rats move through the debris.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Cooking is slow not for romance, but because it has to be.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Cooking the fish “en papillote” makes for a showy presentation, but is actually a breeze to do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Cooking pots were made out of clay and shaped by hand.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau