Undercook
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌndɚ.kʊk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Undercook is a verb meaning (transitive) To cook insufficiently.
Meaning
(transitive) To cook insufficiently.
More Meanings
- (transitive, figurative) To underdo.
- A subordinate cook.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks, and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest.
Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him.
Word Forms
- undercooks
- undercooking
- undercooked
Synonyms for undercook
Depending on context, synonyms include subcook, sous-chef, subchef, underchef.
Antonyms for undercook
Common opposites include overcook, scorch, overdo.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underdo, uncook, underheat, underboil, parcook, underoxidize.
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