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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
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
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
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
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
counter).
(noun)

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