cooked

Everyday

1. Cooked means made ready to eat by heating, like boiled, baked or fried food. tree →
2. Cooked is the past form of cook: «She cooked dinner». tree →

In the lessons

In food safety lessons, meat, chicken and eggs must be cooked all the way through to kill germs; raw chicken must not touch cooked food. In science, cooking changes food in ways that cannot be undone (a cooked egg cannot become raw). In everyday life, family members take turns to cook. Phrases: cooked through, home-cooked, well cooked, undercooked, overcooked.

Examples

• Mum cooked spaghetti for dinner. tree →
• Is the chicken cooked all the way through? tree →
• A cooked egg can't turn back into a raw one. tree →
• Keep raw meat away from cooked food. tree →
• We had a home-cooked meal at Grandma's. tree →
• The carrots are cooked when they are soft. tree →
• Undercooked chicken can make you ill. tree →
• Dad has cooked pancakes every Sunday this year. tree →
• And Benjamin and his sister cooked their meals for them. tree →

Note

Regular verb: cook, cooked. Opposite: raw or uncooked. Undercooked = not cooked enough; overcooked = cooked too long. A cooker (UK) is the stove, not a person; the person is a cook.