Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-cook
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undo the act of cooking.

Transitive verb

verb

To repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food."
"Hi all! I have developed a freeware utility to uncook MP3's..."
"If you "uncook" a file that isn't "cooked" you will just mess it up (and I don't know of any way to fix it then) - so uncooking should be used with caution (I'd suggest never over-writing the original file)."

Etymology

From un- + cook.

Usage

Inflected Forms

uncooks (present, singular) uncooking (participle, present) uncooked (participle, past) uncooked (past)

Questions

What does uncook mean?: To undo the act of cooking.
Where does uncook come from?: From un- + cook.

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