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Food and cooking

Ways to Cook

Fourteen verbs for getting food from raw to ready.

  • Teens and up
  • Medium · B1
  • 14 words

The words

Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.

bake
to cook food in an oven
boil
to heat a liquid until it bubbles and steams
melt
to turn from solid to liquid when heated
burn
to be on fire, or to damage something with fire
barbecue
to cook food outdoors over hot coals
toast
bread browned on both sides by heat
heat
to make something warmer
fry
to cook in hot fat
roast
to cook food in an oven with dry heat
slice
to cut into thin flat pieces
dip
to put something briefly into a liquid
steam
the hot mist that rises from boiling water
grill
to cook food under or over direct heat
chop
to cut something into pieces with quick blows