undercook

English

Etymology

under- +‎ cook

Verb

undercook (third-person singular simple present undercooks, present participle undercooking, simple past and past participle undercooked)

1. (transitive) To cook insufficiently.

Antonyms

• overcook

Translations

cook insufficiently

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不夠火候／不够火候 (bùgòu huǒhòu), 不够火候 (bùgòu huǒhòu)

• Finnish: jättää raa’aksi, kypsentää liian vähän
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• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cocinar insuficientemente

Noun

undercook (plural undercooks)

1. A subordinate cook.
   • 2002, Helen Thompson, Anna Kasabian, Cooking spaces: designs for cooking, entertaining, and living (page 67)

     Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks, and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest.

Translations

subordinate cook

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廚房幫工／厨房帮工 (chúfáng bānggōng), 厨房帮工 (chúfáng bānggōng) (no equivalent exists; lit., "kitchenhand")

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• Finnish: apukokki
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• uncrooked