cooker

Syllables: cook·er/ˈkʊkə/US/ˈkʊkɚ/

cooker noun: a cookstove. Also the ellipsis of cooking apple.

Noun

cooker (plural cookers)

(Ireland, UK) A cookstove.
(Ireland, UK, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
One who cooks.
- […] I am a true † cooker of men, that is to ſay, I not only dreſs and prepare ſuch vile eatables as theſe, but that green creature, called man, I kill, and cut in pieces, aye, and devour him too, heart and all.1780, [usually not considered to be by Lucian], “The Ass”, in Thomas Francklin, transl., The Works of Lucian, volume II, London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 127
- And, if we may believe the tale, / Her canny hand will ſcarcely fail, / Whate’er ſhe tries, to help or heal, / She’ll ſeldom blunder; / If ſhe be cooker of the kail, / She’ll gar us wonder.1788, Robert Galloway, “On the Birth of a Seventh Daughter, Who was born on the 10th April, 1788”, in Poems, Epistles and Songs, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. […], Glasgow: […] W. Bell, for the...
Synonyms:

cook
(Australia, slang) A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.
(slang) The container in which recreational drugs are prepared.
- […] does not know how to pick up the liquid from the cooker, and he asks someone else to use his rig to put his part in his rig.1995, Reyes Ramos, An Ethnographic Study of Heroin Abuse by Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas, page 36
(Australia, derogatory, slang) A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.
(Australia, derogatory, slang) A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics.

Also used as

cooker is also the ellipsis of cooking apple.

cooker meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

cooker in Hindi

कुकर

cooker in Marathi

कुकर

cooker in Urdu

appliance or utensil for cooking: چولھا ćūlhā

cooker in Bengali

কুকার

More languagesFewer languages

cooker in Telugu: కుక్కర్, కుకర్
cooker in Malayalam: കുക്കർ
cooker in Kannada: ಕುಕ್ಕರ್, ಕುಕರ್
cooker in Punjabi: ਕੁੱਕਰ, ਕੂਕਰ
cooker in Nepali: कुकर
cooker in Vietnamese: đồ dùng làm bếp

Examples of cooker in a sentence

She was, in sooth, a most delicious cooker of delicious tit-bits.1810, John Brewsterr, “The Retorts”, in Yorkshire Characters: […], volume I, London: […] J. F. Hughes, […], page 115:
“A most excellent cooker of eggs, is Mrs.1898 February, Canning Williams, “The Chickens’ Parade. A Story for Children.”, in George Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An...
Provincial Treasurer knows, he is the greatest cooker of the books, and when he leaves here he can get a job as a chef at the King Edward hotel—1966 May 31, Legislature of Ontario Debates, Toronto, Ont.: The Queen’s Printer, page 4098, column 2:
“[…] I know how to cook a steak, if you don’t.” “I am, sir, one of the world’s great cookers of steak,” Charley said.1981, William Edmund Butterworth, Flunking Out, Four Winds Press, →ISBN, page 120:

All 26 example sentences with cooker

Synonyms of cooker

cook

Forms of cooker

plural	cookers

Plural of cooker: cookers

Origin of cooker

From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked).

Words formed from cooker

Phrases with cooker

Words that rhyme with cooker

Questions about cooker

What does cooker mean?: Cooker means a cookstove.
What is cooker in Hindi?: Cooker in Hindi is कुकर. See Cooker meaning in Hindi.
How do you use cooker in a sentence?: She was, in sooth, a most delicious cooker of delicious tit-bits.
What part of speech is cooker?: Cooker is a noun.
How do you pronounce cooker?: Cooker is pronounced /ˈkʊkɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of cooker?: The plural of cooker is cookers.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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