present participle of cook

(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat. / (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat. / (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.

Designed for culinary purposes / (informal) In progress, happening. / (of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.

plural of cooking

simple past tense and past participle of cook

Of food, that has been prepared by cooking. / (computing, slang, of an MP3 audio file) Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.

(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a cook or seller of cooked food. Famously held by James Cook, English captain and explorer of the Pacific Ocean, and for whom the Cook Islands, Cook Strait and Mount Cook were named.

plural of cook

A surname

A surname originating as an occupation for a cook, or a seller of cooked food.