cookery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    preparation; cooking.
    • cooking can be a great art
    • people are needed who have experience in cookery
    • he left the preparation of meals to his wife

WordNet


Cook"er*y noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913