cooker

A2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈkʊkɚ/ UK /ˈkʊkə/
noun Freq #19820

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A large kitchen appliance used for cooking food, with an oven and burners on top.

    She put the soup on the cooker to warm it up.

  2. 2
    noun

    An apple that is meant for cooking rather than eating raw.

    Bramleys are a popular cooker for making apple pie.

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Word family
Forms cookers
Derived forms cookeressmulticookerpressure-cookerself-cooker

Etymology

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

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