cook:

(plural: ‘cook’; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “kuk”)

a cook making an omelette

 

a person who prepares (cooks) food;

a person who cooks food for others as a job,

a cook at work

e.g.

Undoubtedly my mother was the best cook in the neighbourhood.

My cousin is working  as a cook at the restaurant round the corner, so let’s go there and have some lunch; he may cook us some delicious food to eat.

I always wonder why we see female cooks at homes, but male cooks at restaurants and diners!

In the past, cooks learned their trade from their peers or senior cooks, but these days there are special cookery institutions that teach people how to cook, and anybody can cook a meal following cook-books.

a pressure cooker (device) on a gas cooker (stove)

‘Cook’ is also used as a verb to mean ‘to make or prepare food to eat, using stoves or ovens’, e.g. “She’s learning to cook Italian food.” & “He cooks their meals whenever his wife goes out to get her hair done or do some shopping.”

And a cooker is not a person, but a device that is used for cooking food; a stove, e.g. “We have a four-burner electric cooker in our kitchen.” & “Cooking meat in a pressure cooker is quicker than cooking it in a vessel.” & “There are several types of cookers available in market.”

Note: ‘Cook’, always with a capital ‘C’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Captain James Cook, David Cook, Anne Cook, etc.
Compare: chef
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