cookin'

Noun

cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)

1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
   • The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
   • In the tiny kitchen a dozen men and a boy tried to hush their breathing, and sweltered. For it was very hot, and the pent-up odor of past cookings was stifling to men used to the open1904, Winston Churchill, The Crossing, page 1
3. (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
   • My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
4. (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.
   • What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

   Synonyms:

   culinary art

5. (uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.
   • ‘Pint of bitter, please,” said Reggie. ‘Pint of cooking,” said the landlord.2009, David Nobbs, Reginald Perrin Omnibus: (Reginald Perrin), page 189

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