English > cooking: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat. |
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| Example | "cooking can be a great art" |
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| Synonyms | cookery, preparation |
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| Category of | Chinese brown sauce, brown sauce | A sauce based on soy sauce |
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| Jewish rye bread, Jewish rye | (Judaism) bread made with rye flour |
| alcoholize, alcoholise | make alcoholic, as by fermenting |
| alcoholize, alcoholise | treat or infuse with alcohol |
| bake | cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven |
| barbeque, barbecue, cook out | cook outdoors on a barbecue grill |
| baste | Cover with liquid / liquid before cooking |
| beat, scramble | Stir vigorously |
| blanch, parboil | cook (vegetables) briefly |
| boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate | Be cooked until very little liquid / liquid is left |
| braise | cook in liquid / liquid |
| bread | Cover with bread crumbs |
| brine | soak in brine |
| broil, oven broil | cook under a broiler |
| brown | fry in a pan until it changes color / color |
| bruise | Break up into small pieces for food preparation |
| butterfly | cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking |
| can, tin, put up | preserve in a can or tin / tin |
| caramelize, caramelise | convert to caramel |
| caramelize, caramelise | Be converted into caramel |
| challah, hallah | (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast |
| char, blacken, sear, scorch | Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color / color |
| churn | Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter |
| clarify | make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating |
| coddle | cook in nearly boiling water |
| concoct, cook up | Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients |
| conserve | preserve with sugar |
| cook | Prepare a hot meal |
| corn | preserve with salt |
| cream | make creamy by beating |
| crispen, toast, crisp | make brown and crisp by heating |
| crumb | coat with bread crumbs |
| curry | (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice |
| curry | season with a mixture / mixture of spices |
| deep-fat-fry | fry in deep fat |
| devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste |
| dredge | Cover before cooking |
| dress | put a dressing on |
| dun | cure by salting |
| egg | coat / coat with beaten egg |
| farce, stuff | Fill with a stuffing while cooking |
| fillet, filet | cut into filets / filets |
| fire | bake in a kiln so as to harden |
| flour | Cover with flour |
| fortify | add nutrients to |
| french-fry, deep-fry | cook by immersing / immersing in fat |
| fricassee | make a fricassee of by cooking |
| frizzle | fry something until it curls and becomes crisp |
| frost, ice | decorate with frosting |
| fry | cook on a hot surface using fat |
| ginger | add ginger / ginger to in order to add flavor |
| griddle | cook on a griddle |
| grill | cook over a grill |
| hibachi | cook over a hibachi grill |
| jug | stew in an earthenware jug |
| lard | Prepare or cook with lard |
| marinade, marinate | soak in marinade |
| mask | Cover with a sauce |
| microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke | cook or heat in a microwave oven |
| ovenbake | bake in an oven |
| overboil | Boil excessively |
| pan-broil | broil in a pan |
| pan-fry | fry in a pan |
| pan roast | roast in a pan |
| pepper | add pepper to |
| pickle | preserve in a pickling liquid / liquid |
| precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| pressure-cook | cook in a pressure cooker |
| puree, strain | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender |
| put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking |
| reduce, boil down, concentrate | cook until very little liquid / liquid is left |
| rice | sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice |
| roast | cook with dry heat, usually in an oven |
| salt | preserve with salt |
| salt | add salt to |
| sauce | Dress (food) with a relish |
| saute | fry briefly over high heat |
| savor, savour | Give taste to |
| season, flavor, flavour | lend flavor to |
| shirr | bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set |
| simmer | Boil slowly at low temperature |
| souse | cook in a marinade |
| spatchcock | Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock |
| spike, lace, fortify | add alcohol to (beverages) |
| splat | Split open and flatten for cooking |
| squid, calamari, calamary | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food |
| steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it |
| stew | cook slowly and for a long time in liquid / liquid |
| stir fry | fry very quickly over high heat |
| truss | Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it |
| try, render | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities |
| whip up, whomp up | Prepare or cook quickly or hastily |
| whisk, whip | Whip with or as if with a wire whisk |
| zest, spice, spice up | add herbs or spices / spices to |
| Parts | seasoning | The act of adding a seasoning to food |
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| tenderization, tenderisation | The act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it |
| Narrower | baking | cooking by dry heat in an oven |
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| boiling, stewing, simmering | cooking in a liquid / liquid that has been brought to a boil |
| braising | cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture |
| broil, broiling, grilling | cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) |
| cuisine, culinary art | The practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared |
| frying, sauteing | cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle |
| fusion cooking | cooking that combines ingredients and techniques and seasonings from different cuisines |
| percolation | The act of making coffee in a percolator |
| poaching | cooking in simmering liquid / liquid |
| roasting | cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added) |
| toasting, browning | cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill |
| Broader | change of state | The act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics / characteristics |
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| Spanish | cocción, cocina |
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| Catalan | cocció, cocción, cuina |
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| Verbs | cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating |
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| cook | prepare for eating by applying heat |
| cook | prepare a hot meal |
