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COOKERY
cooking, cookery, preparation
(noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; “cooking can be a great art”; “people are needed who have experience in cookery”; “he left the preparation of meals to his wife”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cookery (countable and uncountable, plural cookeries)
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
Synonym: cooking
(obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
(obsolete) Cooking tools or apparatus.
Synonyms
• (art of preparing food): See culinary art
Source: Wiktionary
Cook"er*y, n.
1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.
2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] R. North.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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