cooking: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with C · ends with G
Meaning of cooking
noun
- uncountable
The process of preparing food by using heat.
- uncountable
The result of preparing food by using heat. One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
Example: My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
- uncountable
The result of preparing food by using heat. The style or genre of food preparation.
Example: What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
- uncountable
The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.
Listed forms: cookings.
Source: Wiktionary — cooking.
adj
- not-comparable
Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
Example: I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet.
- informal, not-comparable
In progress, happening.
Example: The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
- not-comparable
Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
Source: Wiktionary — cooking.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of cook
Base or related entry: cook.
Source: Wiktionary — cooking.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for cooking.
noun
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cooking in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cooking
C(3) + O(1) + O(1) + K(5) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of cooking
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from cooking
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