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precook

/pɹˈikˈʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-cook
IPA
/pɹˈikˈʊk/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to partially or completely cook in advance

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cook English precook From pre- + cook.

Usage

Inflected Forms

precooks (present, singular) precooking (participle, present) precooked (participle, past) precooked (past)

Frequently Paired Words

parcook

Rhymes With

look took book cook hook shook brooke brook undertook crook cooke nook

Questions

How do you pronounce precook?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹˈikˈʊk/.
What does precook mean?
to partially or completely cook in advance
Where does precook come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English cook English precook From pre- + cook.

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