Definition of cooking
: suitable for or used in cooking cooking apples
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Examples of cooking in a Sentence
Cooking time is about 20 minutes.
I've been taking cooking classes.
Recent Examples of cooking from the Web
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Take a cooking class: Publix Apron Cooking Schools in Orlando’s Dr. Phillips neighborhood and Winter Park will offer live cooking demonstrations throughout June as a part of Bite30.
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Even the America’s Test Kitchen on board will feature a cooking demonstration on Mexican food.
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Search [boil water] and find that water boils at a lower temperature at higher altitudes, so cooking times are longer.
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Circa 1813
First Known Use of cooking
circa 1813
COOKING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of cooking for English Language Learners
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: suitable for or used in cooking : involving or having to do with cooking
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