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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/

Definition 1:
• Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
Example: I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet.
Example: This tree bears cooking apples.
Labels: not-comparable

Definition 2:
• In progress, happening.
Example: The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
Labels: informal, not-comparable

Definition 3:
• Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
Labels: not-comparable, of an alcoholic drink
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/

Definition 1:
• The process of preparing food by using heat.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 2:
• An instance of preparing food by using heat.
Labels: countable, rare

Definition 3:
• The result of preparing food by using heat.
• One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
Example: My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
Example: I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 4:
• The result of preparing food by using heat.
• The style or genre of food preparation.
Example: What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 5:
• The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.
Labels: uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/

Definition 1:
• present participle and gerund of cook
Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cooking