ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (transitive, figurative) To underdo.
  2. 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

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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