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COOK OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

Example:

We cooked out in the forest

Synonyms:

barbecue; barbeque; cook out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "cook out" is one way to...):

grill (cook over or under a grill)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cookout (an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors)

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