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cook-off

cook-off noun: a cooking contest.

Noun (1)

cook-off (plural cook-offs)

  1. (US) A cooking contest.

Noun (2)

cook-off (countable and uncountable, plural cook-offs)

  1. The accidental detonation of explosives as the result of excessive heat.

Forms of cook-off

pluralcook-offs

Origin of cook-off

From cook + -off.

Deverbal from cook off.

Questions about cook-off

What does cook-off mean?
Cook-off means a cooking contest.
What part of speech is cook-off?
Cook-off is a noun.
What is the plural of cook-off?
The plural of cook-off is cook-offs.

Words near cook-off in the dictionary

  1. cook-chilled
  2. cook-chilling
  3. cook-house
  4. cook-houses
  5. Cook-Levin theorem
  6. cook-off
  7. cook-offs
  8. cook-stove
  9. cook-tent
  10. cook-tents
  11. cook-up

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