See Also: cook(1)(dictionary)
Cook(tourism)
cook(2)(dictionary)
Cook It Your Way(recipes)
Captain Cook(dictionary)
cook-chill(dictionary)
Cook Islands(dictionary)
Cook Strait(encyclopedia)
Thomas Cook(dictionary)
cook 1, verb(dictionary)

cook(1) (iou)



cook noun. OE.
[popular Latin cocus for Latin coquus.]
A person (orig. spec. a male) who cooks, esp. as an occupation; a person responsible for the preparation of food for the table. OE.
plain cook: see PLAIN adjective1 & adverb.
Proverb: Too many cooks spoil the broth.
b. fig. A person who falsifies or concocts something. rare. E17.
Chess. An unforeseen second solution that spoils a problem, position, etc. L19.
Comb.: cook-general, pl. cooks-general, a domestic servant who does both housework and cookery; cook-maid a maid who cooks or assists a cook; cook's knife a general-purpose kitchen knife. (See also combs. of COOK verb.)
cookess noun (rare) a female cook LME.
cookless adjective without a cook M19.