Added 1 October 2026
cook
/kʊk/ noun
In Latin: coquus, coqua, cocus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cook at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
verb
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To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
I'm cooking bangers and mash.
- To apply heat to food in the course of preparing it, particularly in a way that transforms it rather than simply making it warmer.
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To undergo cooking.
The dinner is cooking on the stove.
verb
verb
- To throw.
Origin
From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognate with Cimbrian khoch (“cook”), Dutch kok (“cook”), German Koch (“cook”), Luxembourgish Kach (“cook”), Danish kok (“cook”), Icelandic kokkur (“cook”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kokk (“cook”), Swedish kock (“cook”).
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