cookbook

«cookbook» in Mova's school dictionary: a book of recipes and instructions for cooking — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a cookbook, cookbooks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cookbook is a book of recipes and instructions for cooking. tree →

2) (informal) A cookbook can mean any set of step-by-step instructions to follow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and cooking lessons people follow a cookbook to make meals. In maths, recipes in cookbooks are scaled up or down with multiplication and ratio. In UK English «cookery book» is also used.

examples

• Mum got a new cookbook for her birthday. tree →
• Follow the recipe in the cookbook. tree →
• Our class made a cookbook of healthy snacks. tree →
• The cookbook says to bake for 20 minutes. tree →
• Grandma's old cookbook is covered in flour. tree →
• This cookbook has recipes from around the world. tree →

note

One word. UK also says «cookery book». In maths, doubling a cookbook recipe means doubling every amount, but not the cooking time.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cookbook» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.