cookery
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application…The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
» Recipes for chafing dish cookery abound.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A delicacy; a dainty.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Cooking tools or apparatus.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A place where cooking is done.
Examples
7 sentencesRecipes for chafing dish cookery abound.
My mum follows this cookery book closely whenever she cooks something.
Follow the cookery book.
ruДелай всё по кулинарной книге. — marafon
deHalte dich an das Kochbuch! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Creole cookery is rather spicy.
What's your favourite cookery book?
deWas ist dein Lieblingskochbuch? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
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Forms
plural: cookeriesSynonyms
3 synonyms- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat:cookingpreparation
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable