cooker

A2
US /ˈkʊkɚ/ UK /ˈkʊkə/
noun Freq #19820

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    One who cooks.

    […] I am a true † cooker of men, that is to ſay, I not only dreſs and prepare ſuch vile eatables as theſe, but that green creature, called man, I kill, and cut in pieces, aye, and devour him too, heart and all.

  2. 2
    noun

    Ellipsis of cooking apple.

    For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.

  3. 3
    noun

    The container in which recreational drugs are prepared.

    […] does not know how to pick up the liquid from the cooker, and he asks someone else to use his rig to put his part in his rig.

  4. 4
    noun

    a utensil for cooking

  5. 5
    noun

    A cookstove.

  6. 6
    noun

    An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

  7. 7
    noun

    A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.

  8. 8
    noun

    A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.

Etymology

From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked).

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · one who cooks. cook
Word family
Derived forms cookeressmulticookerpressure-cookerself-cooker

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