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subcook

subcook noun: a subsidiary or assistant cook.

Noun

subcook (plural subcooks)

  1. A subsidiary or assistant cook.
    • Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
    • Spangler had seen that the senior cooks, the subcooks and the apprentice cooks were all large, powerful men.2016, Noel Behn, The Shadowboxer

Synonyms of subcook

Forms of subcook

pluralsubcooks

Origin of subcook

From sub- + cook.

Questions about subcook

What does subcook mean?
Subcook means a subsidiary or assistant cook.
What part of speech is subcook?
Subcook is a noun.
What is the plural of subcook?
The plural of subcook is subcooks.

Words near subcook in the dictionary

  1. subconvexity
  2. subconvolute
  3. subconvoluted
  4. subconvulsant
  5. subconvulsive
  6. subcook
  7. subcookie
  8. subcookies
  9. subcooks
  10. subcool
  11. subcooled

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