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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
cook
/kuːk/
verb1 of 2
to heat food until it is ready to eat
- “I had no idea you were such a good cook.”Tatoeba
- “Today my mother is sick, so my father will cook.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A person who prepares food.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)