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KUK-uh/ˈkʊkə/

A cooker is the kitchen stove in British English: rings on top and often an oven inside. Cook is the person or the verb. Oven is only the hot box for baking. American English often says stove.

Meaning

A kitchen machine with rings or an oven for cooking food (British).

Examples

• “Put the pan on the cooker.”
• “The cooker is still hot.”
• “We need a new cooker in this flat.”

Good to know

cooker = British stove. cook = person/verb. oven = the baking box.

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