Collocations for "cook"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cook" in context.
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cook
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- [dinner] is cooking
- what's cooking?
- [leave, allow] (it) to cook
- [can't, know how to] cook
- cook [well, poorly, skillfully]
- cook a [meal, dish, steak]
- cook [dinner, lunch]
- cook for [her, your date]
- cook [in the kitchen, at home]
- cook (it) on the [stove, grill]
- cook (it) in the [oven, microwave]
- cook over [a fire, an open flame]
- cook at [200 degrees] for [one hour]
- cook over a [medium, high] heat
- cook in [butter, oil, garlic]
- cook up some [beans, chicken, stew]
- cooked to perfection
- cooked [medium, well, rare, thoroughly]
- cooked [slowly, throughout the day]
- cooked by [steaming, frying, roasting]
- cook up [an idea, a scheme, a plan]
- informal: they're cooking something up
- slang: cook the [expenses, books, figures]
- is a very [talented, good, poor, experienced] cook
- is a [celebrity, TV] cook
- works as a cook [at, in]
- is employed as a cook [at]
- the restaurant is [hiring, looking for] a new cook
- wants to [be, become] a cook
- [learn, study] to be a cook
- kiss the cook
- don't insult the cook
- my [mother, husband] is the best cook (I know)!
- too many cooks spoil the broth
'cook' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- Caribbean
- Dutch
- apple
- artichoke
- bake
- barley
- batch
- bay
- beef
- boar
- bonfire
- breast
- cabbage
- charcoal
- cheese
- chestnut
- chicken
- clue
- compliment
- cover
- crab
- cuisine
- degree
- eel
- eggplant
- evening
- exercise
- fillet
- fire
- fireplace
- fish
- flame
- garlic
- ginger
- goose
- grill
- ham
- head
- heat
- individual
- ingredient
- lamb
- leek
- leftover
- leg
- let
- magnificent
- marrow
- masterpiece