cook

English

/kʊk/, /kuːk/

noun
Definitions
  • (cooking) A person who prepares food.
  • (cooking) The head cook of a manor house
  • (cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food
  • (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
  • (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
  • A fish, the European striped wrasse, .

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cook inherited from Old English cōc (a cook) derived from Latin cocus inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (cook, become ripe, bake) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kukōną (cook) root from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (cook, become ripe, bake).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pekʷ-

Gloss

cook, become ripe, bake

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

炊

Emoji
🍚 👨‍🍳 👩‍🍳

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