Cookbook

//ˈkʊkˌbʊk// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

    "They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard."

  2. 2
    a book of recipes and cooking directions wordnet
  3. 3
    Any book or set of strategies and tips. broadly, figuratively

    "Near-synonym: playbook"

Synonyms

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cookery bookcookery bookguidebookhandbookmanualplaybook

Example

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"She read a cookbook last night."

Etymology

From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”).

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