Synonyms of the word

cooking

• n. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
• n. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
• n. The result of preparing food by using heat.
• adj. (informal) In progress, happening.
• v. present participle of cook.

cookery

• n. The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
• n. (obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
• n. (obsolete) Cooking tools or apparatus.
• n. (figuratively) Making something appear better than it is; altering or falsifying records; 'window dressing'.

preparation

• n. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
• n. That which is prepared.
• n. (countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
• n. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.