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cookbook

/ˈkʊkbʊk/noun

उच्चारण कुक्बुक

पाक-पुस्तक

Core word

noun
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    [C]

    a book that gives instructions on cooking and how to prepare food

    पाक-पुस्तक

    • an Indian cookbook
    • My aunt's cookbook has recipes from every part of Punjab.
    • Arjun bought a cookbook to learn how to make south Indian dishes.
    + 2 more examples
    • The cookbook includes recipes for sweets and snacks.
    • She wrote a cookbook of simple meals for students living away from home.

    Synonyms recipe book cookery book

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

cookbook (countable noun)

A cookbook is a book of recipes. The plural is 'cookbooks'; British English also uses 'cookery book'.

Cookbook व्यंजन-विधियों की पुस्तक है। बहुवचन 'cookbooks' है; British English में 'cookery book' भी चलता है।

  • Radhika bought a cookbook of Gujarati recipes.
  • My mother never uses a cookbook.

cookbook + of / on / by

'Of' or 'on' names the kind of food; 'by' names the author.

'Of' या 'on' भोजन का प्रकार और 'by' लेखक का नाम बताता है।

  • It is a cookbook on south Indian snacks.
  • A cookbook by a famous chef sold well.

follow the cookbook / by the book

Cooking from a cookbook means following written instructions. 'By the book' means strictly according to the rules.

Cookbook से पकाने का अर्थ लिखित निर्देशों का पालन करना है। 'By the book' का अर्थ नियमों के अनुसार कड़ाई से है।

  • He cooks by the book and measures every spoon.

cookbook as a modifier

It can describe an easy, fixed formula, as in 'cookbook approach'.

यह 'cookbook approach' की तरह एक आसान, तय फ़ॉर्मूले को भी बताता है।

  • The teacher warned against a cookbook approach to essays.

cookbook vs recipe book vs recipe

A recipe is one set of instructions; a cookbook or recipe book is a whole collection of recipes.

Recipe खाना बनाने के निर्देशों का एक समूह है; cookbook या recipe book व्यंजन-विधियों का पूरा संग्रह है।

  • I copied one recipe from the cookbook into my notebook.
+Collocations 5

type + cookbook

vegetarianregionalchildren'sfestivaldiet

  • A vegetarian cookbook sits on the kitchen shelf.

verb + cookbook

writepublishconsultfollowflip through

  • She flipped through the cookbook to find a dessert.

adjective + cookbook

bestsellingillustratedoldsimplefamily

  • The family cookbook has her grandmother's notes in the margin.

cookbook + noun

authorrecipepagecovercollection

  • The cookbook author signed copies at the fair.

in / from + cookbook

a recipe in the cookbooktaken from a cookbookwritten in a cookbook

  • I found the recipe in an old cookbook.
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  • Radhika found a cookbook of festival sweets in the library.

राधिका को पुस्तकालय में त्योहारी मिठाइयों की एक पाक-पुस्तक मिली।

  • The cookbook explains each step with pictures.

पाक-पुस्तक हर चरण को चित्रों के साथ समझाती है।

  • He wrote a cookbook on millet dishes.

उसने मोटे अनाज के व्यंजनों पर एक पाक-पुस्तक लिखी।

  • Her cookbook is covered in oil stains.

उसकी पाक-पुस्तक पर तेल के दाग लगे हैं।

  • The cookbook was translated into Hindi.

पाक-पुस्तक का हिंदी में अनुवाद किया गया।

  • The cookbook has a separate chapter on pickles and chutneys.

पाक-पुस्तक में अचार और चटनियों पर एक अलग अध्याय है।

  • Radhika's cookbook includes recipes from every state of India.

राधिका की पाक-पुस्तक में भारत के हर राज्य के व्यंजन शामिल हैं।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

recipe book cookery book

§Grammar and usage

Usage: cookery book (British) or cookbook.

प्रयोग में cookery book (British) या cookbook।