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n. The art or practice of preparing food.

n. A place for cooking.

n. The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.

n. A delicacy; a dainty.

n. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.

n. A delicacy; a dainty.

n. The art or practice of cooking and dressing food for the table.

n. A place for cooking or preparing meats, etc.; in the quotation, a place for trying out oil.

n. A cooked dish; a made dish; a dainty.

n. Material for cooking.

n. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

"I was going to say I like the term cookery book as well, but someone beat me to it."

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