cookery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cookery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cookery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cookery n the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" Synonym(s): cooking, cookery, preparation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cookery \Cook"ery\ (k[oocr]k"[etil]r[ycr]), n. 1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat. 2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] --R. North.