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chef

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noun \ˈshef\

Simple Definition of chef

  • : a professional cook who usually is in charge of a kitchen in a restaurant

  • : a person who prepares food for people to eat

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Full Definition of chef

  1. 1 :  a skilled cook who manages the kitchen (as of a restaurant)

  2. 2 :  cook

chef

intransitive verb

chefdom

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Examples of chef in a sentence

  1. The hotel's chef trained at the finest culinary institutes in Europe.

  2. He's the head chef at a five-star restaurant.

  3. a celebrity chef with her own TV show

  4. My friend is an excellent chef.



Origin and Etymology of chef

French, short for chef de cuisine head of the kitchen


First Known Use: 1840

chef Synonyms

Synonyms
cook, cooker, culinarian

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

CHEF Defined for Kids

chef

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noun \ˈshef\

Definition of chef for Students

  1. 1 :  a professional cook who is usually in charge of a kitchen in a restaurant

  2. 2 :  1cook <My mom is a great chef.>



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