Cooking

/ˈkʊ.kɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:17 pts7 letters

Definition of Cooking

verb

To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
"I'm cooking bangers and mash."
To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
"He's in the kitchen, cooking."
To be cooked.
"The dinner is cooking on the stove."
To be uncomfortably hot.
"Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there."
To execute by electric chair.

verb

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

verb

To throw.

noun

The process of preparing food by using heat.
An instance of preparing food by using heat.
The result of preparing food by using heat.

adjective

In progress, happening.
"The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking."

Anagrams of Cooking

Words You Can Make

37 words can be made from the letters in "cooking":

6-LETTER WORDS

5-LETTER WORDS

cogon coign congo incog

4-LETTER WORDS

cion coin coni conk cook coon gink gook goon icon ikon king kino nick nock+2 more

3-LETTER WORDS

cig cog con coo gin goo ick ink ion kin koi nog noo ono

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "cooking" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

CO...Words starting with "co"...NGWords ending with "ng"All 7-letter words Unscramble "cooking"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

cook offbakestewculinary art

Rhyming Words

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