How do you use the word "cook" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "cook": It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car. Do you know how to cook meat?

Cook Meaning

/kʊk/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA person who prepares food.

nounThe head cook of a manor house.

Sentence Examples

It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.

Do you know how to cook meat?

Where did you learn to cook?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

make ready fix

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

My grandmother taught me to ____ a delicious lasagna from scratch.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It's so hot that you could ____ an egg on the hood of a car.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin coquō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin coquus Vulgar Latin *cocusbor. Old English cōc Middle English cook English cook From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian khoch (“cook”), Dutch kok (“cook”), German Koch (“cook”), Luxembourgish Kach (“cook”), Danish kok (“cook”), Icelandic kokkur (“cook”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kokk (“cook”), Swedish kock (“cook”). Also compare Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”) (whence North Frisian kööge, kööki (“to cook, boil”), West Frisian koaitsje (“to cook”), Cimbrian khochan, khòchan (“to cook”), Dutch koken (“to cook”), German kochen (“to cook”), Limburgish kaoke, kauche (“to cook”), Luxembourgish kachen (“to cook”), Vilamovian kocha, koha (“to cook”), Yiddish קאָכן (kokhn, “to cook”)), from Late Latin cocō (“to cook”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"By late October, the pressure on the Dark Arrows' ecstasy cook had eased. Other suppliers had moved in with product." — 2008, Mel Bradshaw, Victim Impact:

"Owsley Stanley was a pioneer LSD cook, and the Purple Owsley pill from his now-defunct lab was Dad's prized possession, a rare, potent, druggie collector's item, the alleged inspiration for the Hendrix song “Purple Haze.”" — 2011, Mackenzie Phillips, High on Arrival:

"Punko told Plante he wanted to use a full barrel for the next cook." — 2011, Neal Hall, Hell To Pay: Hells Angels vs. The Million-Dollar Rat, page 36:

"The original endgame was one file to the right (Kf1, Kb5 etc.). But there is a cook after 1. c6 dxc6 2. d6 cxd6 3. h4 gxh3 e.p. 4. gxh3 Ka4! 5. h4 b5. My version eliminates the cook." — 2003 June, Pal Benko, “Endgame Lab”, in Chess Life, volume 58, number 6, New Windsor, N.Y.: United States Chess Federation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

"You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf." — 2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:

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