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cookout

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cook⋅out

  [kook-out]
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–noun
1. a party or entertainment featuring the cooking and eating of a meal out of doors.
2. the process of cooking and eating a meal outdoors.
3. a meal cooked and eaten in the open.
–adjective
4. of, pertaining to, or intended for use or consumption at a cookout.
Also, cook-out.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase cook out
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cook·out   (kŏŏk'out')   
n.  A meal cooked and served outdoors.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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