cook

/kˈʊk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. prepare a hot meal
   “My husband doesn't cook”
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
   “Cook me dinner, please”
3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
   “These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes”
4. tamper, with the purpose of deception
   “Fudge the figures”
5. transform by heating
   “The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle”

noun

1. someone who cooks food
2. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Synonyms for cook

• fix
• ready
• make
• prepare
• fudge
• manipulate
• fake
• falsify
• wangle
• misrepresent
• James Cook
• Captain Cook
• Captain James Cook

Words that rhyme with cook

• hook
• book
• look
• overlook
• chinook
• crook
• pocketbook
• outlook
• rook
• brook
• nook
• notebook
• textbook
• yearbook
• bankbook
• checkbook
• cookbook
• gobbledygook
• gook
• guidebook
• handbook
• hornbook
• inglenook
• logbook
• matchbook
• overcook
• passbook
• precook
• schnook
• schoolbook