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Chef

/ʃɛf/

The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.

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📖 Definitions of "Chef"

noun

1
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
2
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
3
Any cook.
"Kiss the chef. (slogan on aprons used by home barbecue enthusiasts)"
4
One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.

verb

1
To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
2
To stab with a knife, to shank, to lacerate with a rambo.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chef"

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Word	Definition
kitchennoun	A room or area for preparing food.
cuisinenoun	(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
cookingnoun	(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
cooknoun	(cooking) A person who prepares food.
bakernoun	A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
kitchenernoun	(countable) A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a kitchen.
cookienoun	(Canada, US, Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
enchiladanoun	A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce.
stovenoun	A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
dawgnoun	(US, slang) Term of address for a close, usually male, friend.
headmannoun	(informal, rare, chiefly India) headmaster
headnoun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
leadnoun	(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
broadsidenoun	(by extension) A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
headsnoun	One side of a coin:
skippernoun	(nautical) The master of a ship.
guvnoun	(UK, Ireland, chiefly London, informal) A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior.
rulernoun	A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
sargenoun	(seduction community) An instance of sarging.
squirenoun	A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.