PRECOOKS Synonyms

• cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven

• prepare with dry heat in an oven

• heat by a natural force

• be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

• a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

• the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

• come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

• immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

• bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

• be agitated

• be in an agitated emotional state

• a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

• a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate

• cook over or under a grill

• examine thoroughly

• a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data

• kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

• heat beforehand

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

• arrange by systematic planning and united effort

• educate for a future role or function

• create by training and teaching

• lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord

• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

• a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

• negative criticism

• (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

• cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

• subject to laughter or ridicule