Cooking

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈkÊŠ.kɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ÊŠkɪŋ

Origin

From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

Full definition of cooking

Adjective

1. (informal) In progress, happening.The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.

Noun

1. The process of preparing food by using heat.
2. (by extension) The process of preparing food.
• 1913, w, Lord Stranleigh Abroad Chapter 6, The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, …
3. (by extension) The result of that process, a meal.
• I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
4. The style or genre of food preparation; cookery.

Synonyms

Verb

1. Present participle of cook