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cooking

/ˈkʊkɪŋ/ noun A2
  1. The process of preparing food by using heat. (uncountable)
  2. One's ability to prepare food; cookery. (uncountable) · My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.· I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
  3. The style or genre of food preparation. (uncountable) · What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
  4. The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house. (uncountable)

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As for cooking, I mean to begin giving you lessons in that some of these days.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 89 · C1
You’ve got to keep your wits about you in cooking and not stop in the middle of things to let your thoughts rove all over creation.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 89 · C1
The liniment cake mistake cured me of carelessness in cooking.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 229 · C1
But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 29 · B2

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