cooker A2 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈkʊkɚ/ UK /ˈkʊkə/ See IPA manual Freq #19820 Meanings 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 noun An apple that is meant for cooking rather than eating raw. Bramleys are a popular cooker for making apple pie. Thesaurus Word family Forms cookers Derived forms cookeressmulticookerpressure-cookerself-cooker Common collocations rice cooker Noun + noun Etymology From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked). Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cooker **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkʊkɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkʊkə/ **Frequency rank:** 19820 ## Meanings 1. A large kitchen appliance used for cooking food, with an oven and burners on top. 2. An apple that is meant for cooking rather than eating raw. ## Examples - She put the soup on the cooker to warm it up. - Bramleys are a popular cooker for making apple pie. ## Derived Forms - cookeress - multicooker - pressure-cooker - self-cooker ## Etymology From cook + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (apple; one who is cooked). ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown