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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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Every morning, Shakuntala Devi and Shakiba Bibi - neighbours at a slum in India's capital Delhi - leave their homes, walking from one shop to another in search of a cooking gas cylinder.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

My mom spends a lot of time with us helping with the kids, cooking and being my husband’s favorite movie-watching companion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

If raw tomatoes aren’t really your vibe, try your hand at cooking them and plopping an egg, or two.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

As cooking continues, that water evaporates, creating empty spaces that allow oil to be drawn in through negative pressure.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

I listen from the kitchen as I help Grandmother and Tía Mazal with the cooking and memorize what I can.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar