Meaning of cookery in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkʊk(ə)ri/

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  1. Noun

    cookery

    Definitions

    1. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

    Examples

    • « cooking can be a great art »
    • « people are needed who have experience in cookery »
    • « he left the preparation of meals to his wife »

    Derived terms

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  • « Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. »
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  • « In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. »
    Benjamin Franklin

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