Cookery
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noun.
The art or practice of preparing food.
noun.
A place for cooking.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The art or practice of cooking and dressing food for the table.
noun.
A place for cooking or preparing meats, etc.; in the quotation, a place for trying out oil.
noun.
A cooked dish; a made dish; a dainty.
noun.
Material for cooking.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.
noun.
A delicacy; a dainty.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The art and practice of
preparing
food
for
consumption
, especially by the application of
heat
;
cooking
.
noun.
A
delicacy
; a
dainty
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
Word Usage
"I was going to say I like the term cookery book as well, but someone beat me to it."