- Main Entry:
- 1cook

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈku̇k\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Old English cōc, from Latin coquus, from coquere to cook; akin to Old English āfigen fried, Greek pessein to cook
- Date:
- before 12th century
1: a person who prepares food for eating2: a technical or industrial process comparable to cooking food
; also : a substance so processed