cookout

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈkʊkˌaʊt/ UK /ˈkʊkaʊt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an informal outdoor meal cooked and eaten in the open air

The whole neighborhood gathered for a Fourth of July cookout.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an informal outdoor meal... barbecue cookery grillclambakepicnic roast

Word family

Related forms cook cookery cooker barbecue

Etymology

A 20th-century American compound of the verb cook (from Old English cōc, ultimately from Latin coquus 'cook', from coquere 'to cook') + out, on the pattern of similar phrasal compounds.

coquus Latin coquere Latin ūt Old English

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Topics

Food & Drink Register & Style

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# cookout

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʊkˌaʊt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʊkaʊt/

## Meanings
1. an informal outdoor meal cooked and eaten in the open air

## Examples
- The whole neighborhood gathered for a Fourth of July cookout.

## Synonyms
- barbecue
- cookery
- grill
- clambake
- picnic
- roast

## Related Forms
- cook
- cookery
- cooker
- barbecue

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: coquus
- Root: coquere
- Root: ūt

## Etymology
A 20th-century American compound of the verb cook (from Old English cōc, ultimately from Latin coquus 'cook', from coquere 'to cook') + out, on the pattern of similar phrasal compounds.

## AI Etymology
Cookout is a 20th-century American compound of the verb cook (from Old English cōc, ultimately from Latin coquus 'cook', from coquere 'to cook') + out, on the pattern of similar phrasal compounds. The ancestry passes through Latin coquus, Latin coquere, and Old English ūt. In present use as a noun, it means "an informal outdoor meal cooked and eaten in the open air", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include cook, cookery, cooker, and barbecue.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Register & Style

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