a person who cooks foods in a house, small hotel, school etc
person who prepares food
Cases of word usage
1) to cook (meat) slowly, first in fat and then in a little water (braise)
2) a chief cook in a hotel, restaurant etc (chef)
3) to cook (food), be cooked, in oil which spits (frizzle)
4) to cook (an egg) by cracking the shell and dropping the contents into boiling water; (to go on private land and) take (animals, fish etc) illegally (poach)
5) (a dish of) stewed meat with vegetables etc; to cook (food), be cooked, in water or juice (stew)