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chefs

/ʃɛfs/

chefs is the plural of chef.

chefs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chef.

Meaning of chef

Noun

chef (plural chefs)

  1. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
    • The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.a. 1845, R. H. Barham, Blasphemer's Warning in Ingoldsby Legends (1847), 3rd Ser., 245
  2. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
    • The cause of the disturbance, it appeared, was the angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Which Is Both Quarrelsome and Sentimental”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849...
  3. Any cook.
    • My partner is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.
  4. (slang) One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.
    • But trying to stop all the nation's meth chefs makes as much sense as building a wall along the Mexican border.1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 3, page 100
  5. (historical) A reliquary in the shape of a head.

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Questions about chefs

What is chefs the plural of?
Chefs is the plural of chef.
How do you pronounce chefs?
Chefs is pronounced /ʃɛfs/.

Words near chefs in the dictionary

  1. chefnapping
  2. chefnappings
  3. chefnaps
  4. Chefoo
  5. Chefornak
  6. chefs
  7. chefs d'oeuvre
  8. chefs d'œuvre
  9. chefs de cuisine
  10. chefs de mission
  11. chefs de partie

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