Cooking Methods Word Search
A free Cooking Methods word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: BAKE, BOIL, ROAST, GRILL, STEAM, SIMMER, POACH, BRAISE, SEAR, SAUTE, BROIL, TOAST.
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Cooking Methods word list, defined
- BAKE /beɪk/ · verb
- To cook food by dry heat, typically in an oven; as a noun, a dish of ingredients baked together, or an act of baking. Related: roast, cook, broil.
- BOIL /bɔɪl/ · verb
- To heat a liquid until it reaches the temperature at which it bubbles rapidly and turns to vapour; also, of a container or pot, to be heated so that its contents boil. As a noun, a boil is a painful, inflamed swelling under the skin caused by bacterial infection of a hair follicle. Related: seethe, simmer, bubble, fume.
- ROAST /rəʊst/ (British); /roʊst/ (US) · verb, noun, adjective
- As a verb, roast means to cook food by dry heat, usually in an oven or over a fire; informally, it can also mean to criticize or mock someone harshly. As a noun, it refers to browned or roasted food, especially meat, or to an act of severe criticism. Related: cook, bake, criticize, mock.
- GRILL /ɡrɪl/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a grill is a metal rack or cooking surface over which food is cooked, and by extension a restaurant or cooking area associated with grilled food. As a verb, it means to cook food on a grill or to question someone persistently and rigorously. Related: grate, gridiron, broiler, barbecue.
- STEAM /stiːm/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, steam is water in its gaseous state, especially the invisible vapor released by boiling water or the visible cloud formed as that vapor condenses. As a verb, steam means to produce or release steam, or to cook or clean something using steam. Related: vapor, mist, fumes, cloud.
- SIMMER /ˈsɪmə(r)/ · verb
- To cook food gently in liquid at or just below boiling point. It can also mean to continue at a low level of activity or intensity. Related: cook, stew, seethe, sizzle.
- POACH /poʊtʃ/ · verb
- To take game or fish from land or water without permission, typically illegally. It can also mean to cook food gently in liquid, especially an egg. Related: steal, pilfer, take illegally, hunt illegally.
- BRAISE /breɪz/ · verb
- To cook food, especially meat or vegetables, slowly in a covered pot with a small amount of liquid. As a noun, it refers to a dish prepared by this method. Related: stew, simmer, coddle, pot-roast.
- SEAR /sɪər/ (British and US; US also commonly pronounced /sɪr/) · verb
- To brown the surface of food quickly by exposing it to intense heat, or to scorch or burn something. In literary use, it can also mean to make something dry, withered, or ashen. Related: scorch, char, brown, burn.
- SAUTE /soʊˈteɪ/ (US); /ˈsɒteɪ/ (UK) · verb and noun
- As a verb, to cook food briefly in a small amount of fat, usually in a shallow pan over moderate heat, until lightly browned. As a noun, a dish or portion of food cooked this way. Related: fry, pan-fry, lightly fry, brown.
- BROIL /brɔɪl/ · verb
- To cook food by exposing it directly to intense radiant heat, typically in an oven's top element or over a flame; as an archaic verb and noun, to engage in or refer to a noisy quarrel or brawl. Related: grill, charbroil, sear, toast.
- TOAST British: /təʊst/; US: /toʊst/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, toast means lightly browned bread, a drink offered in honor of someone or something, or, in the expression “the toast of the town,” a highly admired person. As a verb, it means to brown bread, make a celebratory drink, or, informally, ridicule or make fun of someone. Related: toasted bread, salute, tribute, celebration.
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