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# cookbook

noun (a cookbook, cookbooks)

«cookbook» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cookbook is a book of recipes and instructions for cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#m1)
2. (informal) A cookbook can mean any set of step-by-step instructions to follow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and cooking lessons people follow a cookbook to make meals. In maths, recipes in cookbooks are scaled up or down with multiplication and ratio. In UK English «cookery book» is also used.

### Examples

- Mum got a new cookbook for her birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#x1)
- Follow the recipe in the cookbook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#x2)
- Our class made a cookbook of healthy snacks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#x3)
- The cookbook says to bake for 20 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#x4)
- Grandma's old cookbook is covered in flour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#x5)
- This cookbook has recipes from around the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/#x6)

### Note

One word. UK also says «cookery book». In maths, doubling a cookbook recipe means doubling every amount, but not the cooking time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cookbook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cookbook» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cookbook.html) on Mova free.