Definition of cooks

"cooks" in the noun sense

1. cook

someone who cooks food

2. Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

"cooks" in the verb sense

1. cook

prepare a hot meal

"My husband doesn't cook"

2. cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

prepare for eating by applying heat

"Cook me dinner, please"

"can you make me an omelette?"

"fix breakfast for the guests, please"

3. cook

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

4. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

tamper, with the purpose of deception

"Fudge the figures"

"cook the books"

"falsify the data"

5. cook

transform by heating

"The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

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Quotations for cooks

Too many cooks spoil the broth. [ Proverb ]

The more cooks, the worse broth. [ Proverb ]

God sends meat and the devil sends cooks. [ Proverb ]

Salt cooks bear blame, but fresh cooks shame. [ Proverb ]

Cooks are not to be taught in their own kitchen. [ Proverb ]

If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks. [ Seneca ]

cooks in Scrabble®

The word cooks is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters cooks:

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cooks in Words With Friends™

The word cooks is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters cooks:

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Words within the letters of cooks

2 letter words in cooks (2 words)

3 letter words in cooks (1 word)

4 letter words in cooks (3 words)

5 letter words in cooks (1 word)

cooks + 1 blank (1 word)

cooks + 2 blanks (6 words)

Words containing the sequence cooks

Words that start with cooks (7 words)

Words with cooks in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving cooks

Shorter words in cooks

coo cook

Longer words containing cooks

cookshack cookshacks

cookshop cookshops

cookstove cookstoves

miscooks

olicooks

olycooks

outcooks

overcooks

parcooks

pastrycooks

recooks precooks

recooks pressurecooks

undercooks