cookbook

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cookbook

/ˈkʊkˌbʊk/ Australia, UK, US
/ˈkɵkˌbɵk/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈkuːkˌbuːk/
/ˈkʉkˌbʉk/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊkbʊk

Where it comes from

From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”).

noun cookbooks · cook book

A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips. They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard.
Similar: cookery book, recipe book
broadly, figuratively Any book or set of strategies and tips. Near-synonym: playbook
Similar: playbook

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cookery book, book, paper, pound, livre, kitchen, cuisine, cooking, recipe book, foodoir, cookdom, cooker, cookess, recipe, supercook, recipe box

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noun book of cooking recipes

Español	libro de recetas, recetario, libro de cocina
한국어	요리책 yorichaek
日本語	料理の本 ryōri no hon
中文	菜譜 /菜谱 càipǔ
हिन्दी	पाक कला पुस्तक pāk kalā pustak
Português	livro de receitas, livro de cozinha
Français	livre de cuisine, livre de recettes
Deutsch	Kochbuch, Rezeptbuch
Italiano	ricettario
Ελληνικά	τσελεμεντές tselementés
Română	carte de bucate
Русский	пова́ренная кни́га povárennaja kníga, кулинарная книга kulinarnaja kniga
العربية	كِتَاب طَبْخ kitāb ṭabḵ
עברית	ספר בישול sefer bishul

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@misc{cookbook_2026,
  title = {cookbook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cookbook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}