Food / A1

KUK/kʊk/

To cook is to make food ready by heating it. A cook (noun) is a person who cooks; a cooker in British English is the oven/stove. At A1, the verb is the priority: cook rice, cook dinner. You cook food; you do not “cook a kitchen.”

Meaning

To make food ready to eat by heating it.

Examples

• “He can cook rice.”
• “He can cook very well.”
• “I cook dinner at seven.”

Good to know

cook + food. Noun: a cook (person).

Near in meaning

prepare

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