cooking

verb/ˈkʊkɪŋ/

Frequency rank: #2,241 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

The activity of preparing food by heating it.

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Example sentence

She enjoys spending her weekends in the kitchen, especially when she's cooking new recipes.

Synonyms & related words

  • preparing
  • making
  • baking
  • heating

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