- a person who cooks food or whose job is cooking
- John is a very good cook (= he cooks well).
- Who was the cook (= who cooked the food)?
- She was employed as a cook in a hotel.
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2, Jobsa2- She wants to become a professional cook.
- easy recipes for home cooks
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- good
- gourmet
- …
Word OriginOld English cōc (noun), from popular Latin cocus, from Latin coquus.
Idioms
See cook in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytoo many cooks spoil the broth
- (saying) if too many people are involved in doing something, it will not be done well
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