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KUK-uh-hud/ˈkʊkə hʊd/

A cooker hood (id: cooker-hood) is the fan and cover above a cooker that takes away steam and smells (UK). US range hood. An extractor fan may be in a wall or bathroom; the cooker hood is the kitchen unit over the hob. Collocation: switch the cooker hood on. Countable.

Meaning

A fan and cover above a cooker that takes away steam and smells (UK; US range hood).

Examples

• “Switch the cooker hood on before you fry the onions.”
• “Clean the cooker hood filter or it will stop sucking the steam.”
• “The cooker hood light is useful when the kitchen overhead light is too dim.”

Good to know

a cooker hood (UK). US: a range hood. Contrast: an extractor fan (wall). Over the hob.

Near in meaning

range hood

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