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cookery.

The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʊk(ə)ɹi/
  1. The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.

    countable · uncountable
    Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.
  2. A delicacy; a dainty.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. Cooking tools or apparatus.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  4. A place where cooking is done.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.

noun
  1. Obsolete form of kukri.

    alt-of · obsolete
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