cooking
noun
- preparing food for consumption by the application of heat
- act/process of applying, or being affected by, heat thoroughly or completely (especially, but not limited to, preparing food)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/ / /ˈkɵkɪŋ/ / /ˈkuːkɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.
- Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
“I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet.”
“This tree bears cooking apples.”
- In progress, happening.
“The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.”
- Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
“Bone a shoulder of mutton and lay in the following pickle for 24 hours, viz.:…half pint of cooking claret…and long peppers.”
“JOHN JASPER: Mama says for you to come on upstairs and bring her a pint of cooking sherry. BODIDDLY: You know your Mama ain’t gonna do no cooking this time of the night!”
noun
Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.
- The process of preparing food by using heat.
“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, […]”
“The cooking took a long time. Fionn built a spit from the ash that the salmon had knocked down.”
- An instance of preparing food by using heat.
“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”
“This culinary process is but the first in a series of cookings, of which the intracorporeal cookings constitute the rest.”
- The result of preparing food by using heat.
“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.”
- The result of preparing food by using heat.
“What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.”
“One of the most common styles of Japanese cooking is called nimono.”
- The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.
“‘Pint of bitter, please,” said Reggie. ‘Pint of cooking,” said the landlord.”
verb
Etymology: From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.
- present participle and gerund of cook