Kilo Lingo

cook

/kʊk/

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Translation

To make food ready to eat by using heat.

Word origin

From Old English coc, from Latin coquus, meaning a person who cooks.

Origin
Old English
Root
coc

Grammar

Verb typeregular (cook, cooks, cooked)

Examples

dinner .

"Cook" means to make food ready to eat with heat.

rice evening.

"Cooks" is the form used with he, she, or it.

eggs .

"Cooked" is the past form of "cook".

To cook is to make food ready to eat by using heat. The past form is "cooked".

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This word is part of lesson 7.