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Airtight

A container, or place, that is sealed so air cannot get in or out.

(adjective)


Allow

To do something, go ahead.

(verb)


Appliance

A type of object that serves a purpose and is used in the home.

(noun)


Artistic

To be creative or to make something that looks nice.

(adjective)


Assemble

To put something together or to collect the pieces of something.

(verb)


Availability

To get or to have.

(noun)


Bake

To cook something in an oven (similar to roast).

(verb)


Boil

To heat to a high temperature (at least 100 degrees Celsius).(verb)

To cook something in hot water.(verb)


Booklet

A small leaflet containing information.

(noun)


Bowl

A round container with high sides (similar to dish).

(noun)


Burn

To cook something so it becomes black and cannot be eaten.

(verb)


Burnt

Food that has been cooked too long so it is black.

(adjective)


Casserole dish

A large and deep container for cooking food in an oven and also for serving the food.

(noun)


Celebrate

To enjoy.

(verb)


Charcoal

A type of semi-burnt black wood used for cooking on barbecues.

(noun)


Chef

A person who cooks.

(noun)


Chinese

From the country of China.

(adjective)


Chocolate

A sweet substance made from the cacao bean.

(noun)


Chopping board

A solid object on which ingredients are cut so the counter is not damaged.

(noun)


Collate

To gather, to collect together.

(verb)


Competition

An attempt to gain advantage over others, or a contest when a winner is identified.

(noun)


Consume

To eat and drink.

(verb)


Convenient

Very easy.

(adjective)


Cooker

An appliance that contains an oven and hob.

(noun)


Cooking oil

A substance used in cooking to transfer heat to the food so it does not burn.

(noun)


Counter

A flat surface that can be used for storage or for preparing ingredients (same as work surface).

(noun)


Course

The different parts of a meal.

(noun)


Crumble

To fall into small pieces.

(verb)


Cup

A small container with a handle for, often, a hot liquid.

(noun)


Cupboard

An enclosed space that is used for storage.

(noun)


Custom

An activity that has taken place over a long period of time and is always done the same way.

(noun)


Cutlery

A collective name for knives, forks and spoons.

(noun)


Decorate

To improve, enhance.

(verb)


Deep fryer

An appliance that is used to cover food with boiling cooking oil to cook it.

(noun)


Delicious

Good, enjoyable.

(adjective)


Design

To invent, produce, draw.

(verb)


Devoted

To be attached with fondness, affection.

(adjective)


Digest

To eat and then process food in the body.

(verb)


Dish rack

A holder for dishes after they have been washed (similar to drainer).

(noun)


Dish

A round container with high sides (similar to bowl). (noun)

A specific food item.(noun)


Dishes

A collective name for plates, bowels, dishes and cutlery.

(noun)


Drain

A hole from the bottom of a sink so the water can be released. To remove liquid from ingredients.

(noun)


Drainer

A holder for dishes after they have been washed (similar to dish rack).

(noun)


Efficient

Smoothly, fast.

(adjective)


Electricity

A type of energy that can be used to produce heat and light.

(noun)


Excellent

The very best.

(adjective)


Exhausting

To be tiring.

(adjective)


Exotic

Something that is strange, from a foreign place.

(adjective)


Experiment

To find the best thing by testing many options.

(verb)


Fear

An emotion when you are nervous or worried.

(noun)


Flavour

The taste of something.

(noun)


Food processor

A machine to stir ingredients (same as mixer).

(noun)


Foreign

Far away, not familiar.

(adjective)


Fork

A tool for stabbing food to eat it.

(noun)


Freezer

An appliance for keeping food at a temperate below 0 degrees Celsius.

(noun)


Fridge

An appliance for keeping food at a cool temperature.

(noun)


Fry

To cook food in oil.

(verb)


Frying pan

A shallow container for cooking food on a hob or stove by frying it.

(noun)


Fund raising

The process of making money for a specific reason.

(noun)


Gadget

A small useful object.

(noun)


Gas

A type of fuel used for cooking with an open flame.

(noun)


Glass

A clear container for a liquid.

(noun)


Grow

To be become bigger, or a plant or animal to develop.

(verb)


Healthy

To be fit and well.

(adjective)


Hob

The top of a cooker for cooking food contained in pans (similar to a stove).

(noun)


Indian

From the country of India.

(adjective)


Ingredients

The individual items that a mixed together to make something more complex.

(noun)


Involved

To be active, to help with something.

(verb)


Kettle

An appliance for boiling water.

(noun)


Knife

A tool for cutting food.

(noun)


Locally

Near to where you live.

(adverb)


Measure

To select the correct amount of something.

(verb)


Memories

Past experiences that are thought of after they have happened.

(noun)


Menu

A list of food items.

(noun)


Microwave

An appliance that cooks food quickly.

(noun)


Mix

To add two or more ingredients together.

(verb)


Mixer

A machine to stir ingredients (same as food processor).

(noun)


Moist

To be contain some water, to be not dry.

(adjective)


Mug

A large container with a handle for, often, a hot liquid.

(noun)


Oats

An edible cereal.

(noun)


Oven

The part of a cooker for cooking food by roasting or baking.

(noun)


Overwhelming

To be all encompassing, exhausting.

(adjective)


Pan

A container for cooking food on a hob or stove.

(noun)


Par-boiled

To be half or partially cooked.

(adjective)


Pick

To collect items.

(verb)


Plate

A round flat container for serving food.

(noun)


Plentiful

For there to be lots of something.

(adjective)


Plug

A stopper to fill a drain so water cannot go down the drain.

(noun)


Poach

To cook something in a liquid just below boiling (similar to simmer).

(verb)


Pressure cooker

A type of pan that seals and can cook at very high temperatures.

(noun)


Prominent

To be very obvious.

(adjective)


Protect

To care for or to look after something.

(verb)


Quantity

An amount of something.

(noun)


Raise

To get higher.

(verb)


Raw

Something that is uncooked.

(adjective)


Related

To be connected to something else, to be linked together.

(adjective)


Reserved

To be kept aside for a special person.

(adjective)


Revival

To bring something back from the past.

(noun)


Rice cooker

An appliance for cooking rice.

(noun)


Rice

A hard seed, cereal grown in wet ground.

(noun)


Roast

To cook something in an oven (similar to bake).

(verb)


Sandwich

Two pieces of bread with a filling between them.

(noun)


Sauce pan

A deep container for cooking food on a hob or stove.

(noun)


Serve

To give someone food, or to give food that can be eaten.

(verb)


Sieve

An object with small holes in it for separating objects.

(verb)


Simmer

To cook something in a liquid just below boiling (similar to poach).

(verb)


Sink

A container for water that has a tap and drain.

(verb)


Spicy

To have a hot flavour.

(adjective)


Spill

To drop or knock over something.

(verb)


Sponge cake

A cooked cake mixture.

(noun)


Sponge

A soft object used for cleaning dishes when washing up.

(noun)


Spoon

A tool for eating liquids or use in the kitchen.

(noun)


Spread

To cover something with a thin layer of something else.

(verb)


Starter

The food eaten for the first course of a meal.

(noun)


Stir

To move around or to mix something.

(verb)


Stove

The top of a cooker for cooking food contained in pans (similar to a hob).

(noun)


Substance

A particular type of material.

(noun)


Suits

To be pleasing or relevant.

(verb)


Tap

A device to delivering water.

(noun)


Thai

From the country of Thailand.

(adjective)


Toaster

An appliance for heating bread to make toast.

(noun)


Trellis

An interwoven pattern.

(noun)


Utensils

The objects that are used to assist in an activity, such as cooking or eating.

(noun)


Washing-up

To clean the dishes after they have been used.

(noun)


Washing up liquid

A type of soap that is used during washing up.

(noun)


Watch

To looking while something is being done.

(verb)


Well-balanced

To be in equal proportions.

(adjective)


Work surface

A flat surface that can be used for storage or for preparing ingredients (same as counter).

(noun)


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