cookbook
noun (a cookbook, cookbooks)
Everyday
- A cookbook is a book of recipes and instructions for cooking. tree →
- (informal) A cookbook can mean any set of step-by-step instructions to follow. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and cooking lessons people follow a cookbook to make meals. In maths, recipes in cookbooks are scaled up or down with multiplication and ratio. In UK English «cookery book» is also used.
Examples
- Mum got a new cookbook for her birthday. tree →
- Follow the recipe in the cookbook. tree →
- Our class made a cookbook of healthy snacks. tree →
- The cookbook says to bake for 20 minutes. tree →
- Grandma's old cookbook is covered in flour. tree →
- This cookbook has recipes from around the world. tree →
Note
One word. UK also says «cookery book». In maths, doubling a cookbook recipe means doubling every amount, but not the cooking time.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «cookbook» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «cookbook» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cookbook/