cooking spray
noun
: an aerosol that contains vegetable oil for spraying on cookware to prevent food from sticking
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Coat an 8- × 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
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Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Assemble tofu on a greased sheet pan and evenly spray tofu with vegetable oil cooking spray.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Lightly butter or spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
Help the paper stick by spraying the pan with cooking spray first.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2025
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Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Assemble tofu on a greased sheet pan and evenly spray tofu with vegetable oil cooking spray.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Lightly butter or spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
Help the paper stick by spraying the pan with cooking spray first.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cooking spray
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“Cooking spray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooking%20spray. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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