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subchef

subchef noun: a subsidiary or assistant chef.

Noun

subchef (plural subchefs)

  1. A subsidiary or assistant chef.
    • Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
    • The subchefs were setting up foodstuffs. Assistants were grating cheese, making gravies, tossing lettuces.1989, Paul Zindel, Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman, page 29

Synonyms of subchef

Forms of subchef

pluralsubchefs

Origin of subchef

From sub- + chef. Piecewise doublet of subchief and subhead.

Questions about subchef

What does subchef mean?
Subchef means a subsidiary or assistant chef.
What part of speech is subchef?
Subchef is a noun.
What is the plural of subchef?
The plural of subchef is subchefs.

Words near subchef in the dictionary

  1. subchartering
  2. subcharters
  3. subcharts
  4. subchaser
  5. subchasers
  6. subchef
  7. subchefs
  8. subchelate
  9. subcheliform
  10. subchief
  11. subchiefs

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