Definition of COOKERY

cookery

Meanings

Plural: cookeries

Noun

  • the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    • "people are needed who have experience in cookery"
  • The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
  • A delicacy; a dainty.
  • Cooking tools or apparatus.
  • A place where cooking is done.
  • Obsolete form of kukri.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.

Synonyms

cooking, culinary art, preparation

Scrabble Score: 16

cookery is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cookery is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cookery is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

cookery is a valid Words With Friends word