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cook-chill

cook-chill noun: a method of food preparation in which food is first cooked and then rapidly chilled.

Noun

cook-chill (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A method of food preparation in which food is first cooked and then rapidly chilled.
    • Most school districts using a cook-chill system have one large production facility in which food is prepared and then shipped to numerous schools.2008, Josephine Martin, Charlotte Oakley, Managing Child Nutrition Programs: Leadership for Excellence

Questions about cook-chill

What does cook-chill mean?
Cook-chill means a method of food preparation in which food is first cooked and then rapidly chilled.
What part of speech is cook-chill?
Cook-chill is a noun.

Words near cook-chill in the dictionary

  1. Cook's petrel
  2. Cook's petrels
  3. Cook's theorem
  4. Cook's tour
  5. Cook's tours
  6. cook-chill
  7. cook-chilled
  8. cook-chilling
  9. cook-house
  10. cook-houses
  11. Cook-Levin theorem

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