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cook 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
[Language: Old English; Origin: coc, from Latin coquus, from coquere 'to cook']
someone who prepares and cooks food as their job
-synonym chef chef
::He works as a cook in a local restaurant.
be a good/wonderful/terrible etc cook
to be good or bad at preparing and cooking food
too many cooks (spoil the broth)
used when you think there are too many people trying to do the same job at the same time, so that the job is not done well
-see also chief cook and bottle-washer at chief 1 (3)