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ready-cooked

ready-cooked adjective: of food, having been cooked before purchase; not requiring additional cooking beyond heating up.

Adjective

ready-cooked (not comparable)

  1. Of food, having been cooked before purchase; not requiring additional cooking beyond heating up.
    • After 5pm many drop in for a ready-cooked chook for dinner.1986 May 8, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 10, column 2

Questions about ready-cooked

What does ready-cooked mean?
Ready-cooked means of food, having been cooked before purchase; not requiring additional cooking beyond heating up.
What part of speech is ready-cooked?
Ready-cooked is an adjective.

Words near ready-cooked in the dictionary

  1. ready, aim, fire
  2. ready, fire, aim
  3. ready, set, go
  4. ready, steady, go
  5. ready, willing, and able
  6. ready-cooked
  7. ready-handed
  8. ready-handedness
  9. ready-made
  10. ready-mades
  11. ready-meal

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