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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cookery \Cook"er*y\ (k[oo^]k"[~e]r*[y^]), noun
1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.
2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] --R. North.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cookery
noun: 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" [syn: {cooking}, {preparation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "cookery": bakehouse, bakery, baking, barbecuing, basting, boiling, braising, brewing, broil, broiling, burner, caboose, caliduct, camboose, catering, cooker, cookhouse, cooking, cookroom, cuisine, culinary science, domestic science, element, frying, furnace, galley, gas jet, grilling, heater, heating duct, home economics, jet, kitchen, kitchenette, nutrition, pan-broiling, pilot light, poaching, roasting, sauteing, scullery, searing, shirring, simmering, steam pipe, steeping, stewing, stove, tewel, toasting, tuyere, warmer
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