cooking spray

noun

: an aerosol that contains vegetable oil for spraying on cookware to prevent food from sticking

Examples of cooking spray in a Sentence

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Line with parchment; coat with cooking spray. Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025 Coat plastic wrap with nonstick cooking spray and place, coated side down, over dough. Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025 Line bottom using parchment paper, and spray parchment with cooking spray. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 Spray the breadcrumbs with a thin coating of the cooking spray (hold the spray at an angle to prevent blowing the crumbs off the baking sheet). Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cooking spray

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cooking spray was in 1971

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“Cooking spray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooking%20spray. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

cooking spray

noun
: an aerosol that contains vegetable oil and that is sprayed on cookware (as frying pans) to prevent food from sticking
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