Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

The word "cooking" can be used as noun, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

oven food which

Capable Of

involve baking grilling frying or boiling require heat

Causes

blending of flavors burned taste burns burnt food cooked food creating food creating meal creating meal for people eating eating what cooked food food burning food gets hot food odors to fill house food to heat get food get yummy meal getting burns good smells in air have yummy meal having dinner having food having food to eat having warm to eat hot food hunger loss of hunger lot of washing up make food hot making favorite dish making vegetables more tender might make meal missing social time more delicious food pride smells smoke steam tough food

Causes Desire

follow recipe

Dbpedia Genre

dance music k pop

Derived Terms

chaos cooking cooking base cooking lager cooking oil cooking sherry cooking show cooking time cooking torch cooking turner cookingware home cooking induction cooking modernist cooking noncooking

Derived From

cook

Inflected/Variant Forms

cook

First Subevents

wash hands

Prerequisites

food heat ingredients patience spoon utencils

Has Property

easy when train skilled

Subevents

add seasoning boil rice burn burning finger burning oneself accidentally burning yourself chop vegetables creation of steam eat getting burned good smells grease fire grease firem put in oven set kitchen timer set timer sing smell wonderful smells spill stir pot wash dishes afterwards

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

change of state

Instance Of

extended play

Type Of (IsA)

action album change of state happening now cooked heating intelligent agent activity preparing food way to prepare food what cook does work at home

Receives Action

done with or without recipe

Related Terms

cookery food genre happening heat process raw foodism style

Synonym Network

cookery cuisine

Used For

adding heat to food changing consistency of food changing taste of foods changing texture of food chefs creative accounting eating eliminating bacteria in food entertaining friends feeding of family fixing meals following recipe food preparation improving food killing bacteria in food killing germs making food making food easier to eat making food taste better making food to eat making good food part of meal preparation people who enjoy cooking people who know how pleasure of guests prepare food preparing breakfast preparing dinner preparing food preparing food to eat preparing meal preparing raw food for consumption preventing food poisioning relaxation rendering food edible sharing food with friends warming up kitchen

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.