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cookbook

/ˈkʊkˌbʊk/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cookbook at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A book of recipes and cooking directions.

Origin

From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”).

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