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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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cookery cuisine culinary art culinary science
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gastronomy
ADJECTIVE
being prepared with heat
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baking boiling broiling browning frying grilling heating roasting simmering sizzling steaming steeping stewing toasting
ADJECTIVE
going on
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afoot happening under way
ADJECTIVE
going strong
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in full swing on a roll progressing roaring thriving

Example Sentences

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Bangladesh, with significant household needs for gas for cooking, is cut off from Middle East suppliers.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Another healthcare benefits consultant who doesn’t maintain conventional insurance, Cristy Gupton, 52, sliced the skin on the tip of her pinkie finger while cooking at her parents’ house in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Policymakers this week cited the impact of rising oil costs because of the Iran war, as countries have had to shorten workweeks, ration cooking fuel and find ways to subsidize the costs for their consumers.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

You could also sign up for a group cooking or writing holiday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Whoever got home first put on the apron and started cooking.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson