cookery

English

Noun

cookery (countable and uncountable; plural cookeries)

1. The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.

   Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.

2. (obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.

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Translations

art and practice of preparing food for consumption

• Bulgarian: готварство (bg) n (gotvarstvo), кулинария (bg) f (kulinarija)
• Czech: kuchařství (cs) n
• Finnish: keittotaito (fi)
• Greek: μαγειρική (el) (mageirikí) f 

• Italian: cucina (it) f
• Portuguese: culinária (pt) f, cozinha (pt) f
• Turkish: aşçılık (tr)