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cheffing

cheffing noun: the activity of a chef. Also the present participle and gerund of chef.

Noun

cheffing (uncountable)

  1. The activity of a chef.
    • Due to the ways in which they unsettle typical notions of what the work of cheffing entails and who performs it, their position within the profession is precarious.2016, Marcia Texler Segal, Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After

Also used as

cheffing is also the present participle and gerund of chef.

Origin of cheffing

From chef + -ing.

Questions about cheffing

What does cheffing mean?
Cheffing means the activity of a chef.
What part of speech is cheffing?
Cheffing is a noun.

Words near cheffing in the dictionary

  1. cheffer
  2. cheffers
  3. cheffery
  4. cheffier
  5. cheffiest
  6. cheffing
  7. cheffonier
  8. cheffoniers
  9. cheffy
  10. chefing
  11. chefless

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