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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