cookingPronunciation: /ˈkʊkɪŋ/Translate cooking | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of cooking noun [mass noun] the practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients: he developed an interest in cooking food that has been prepared in a particular way:authentic Italian cooking [as modifier] suitable for or used in cooking:cooking chocolatecooking in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of cooking in the US English dictionary