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cookery

[kook-uh-ree]

cook·er·y

[kook-uh-ree]
noun, plural -er·ies.
1.
the art or practice of cooking.
2.
a place equipped for cooking.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English cokerie. See cook1, -ery
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Cookery is always a great word to know.
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cookery (ˈkʊkərɪ)
 
n
1.  the art, study, or practice of cooking
2.  (US) a place for cooking
3.  (Canadian) a cookhouse at a mining or lumber camp

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