Meanings
plural cookbooks · alternative cook book
- A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard.
Synonyms: cookery book, recipe book
- broadlyfigurativelyAny book or set of strategies and tips.
Near-synonym: playbook
2 more examples
The Anarchist Cookbook
Reading business biographies is interesting, but they are not cookbooks that can teach hacks how to be greats.
Synonyms: playbook
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
nounAny book or set of strategies and tips.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna book of recipes and cooking directions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans kookboek, resepteboek
- kookboekbook of cooking recipes
- resepteboekbook of cooking recipes
Ancient Greek ὀψαρτυσία
- ὀψαρτυσία (opsartusía)book of cooking recipes
Arabic كِتَاب طَبْخ
- كِتَاب طَبْخ (kitāb ṭabḵ)book of cooking recipes
Basque sukaldaritzako liburu
- sukaldaritzako liburubook of cooking recipes
Bulgarian готварска кни́га
- готварска кни́га (gotvarska kníga)book of cooking recipes
Catalan llibre de cuina
- llibre de cuinabook of cooking recipes
Chinese Mandarin 菜譜 /菜谱
- 菜譜 /菜谱 (càipǔ)book of cooking recipes
Czech kuchařka, kuchařská kniha
- kuchařkabook of cooking recipes
- kuchařská knihabook of cooking recipes
Danish kogebog
- kogebogbook of cooking recipes
Dutch kookboek
- kookboekbook of cooking recipes
Esperanto kuirlibro
- kuirlibrobook of cooking recipes
Estonian kokaraamat
- kokaraamatbook of cooking recipes
Finnish keittokirja
- keittokirjabook of cooking recipes
French livre de cuisine, livre de recettes
- livre de cuisinebook of cooking recipes
- livre de recettesbook of cooking recipes
German Kochbuch, Rezeptbuch
- Kochbuchbook of cooking recipes
- Rezeptbuchbook of cooking recipes
Greek τσελεμεντές
- τσελεμεντές (tselementés)book of cooking recipes
Hebrew ספר בישול
- ספר בישול (sefer bishul)book of cooking recipes
Hindi पाक कला पुस्तक
- पाक कला पुस्तक (pāk kalā pustak)book of cooking recipes
Hungarian szakácskönyv, receptkönyv
- szakácskönyvbook of cooking recipes
- receptkönyvbook of cooking recipes
Icelandic matreiðslubók, kokkabók
- matreiðslubókbook of cooking recipes
- kokkabókbook of cooking recipes
- uppskriftabókbook of cooking recipes
Indonesian buku masak
- buku masakbook of cooking recipes
Irish leabhar cócaireachta
- leabhar cócaireachtabook of cooking recipes
Italian ricettario
- ricettariobook of cooking recipes
Japanese 料理の本
- 料理の本 (ryōri no hon)book of cooking recipes
Korean 요리책
- 요리책 (yorichaek)book of cooking recipes
Lithuanian patiekalų knyga
- patiekalų knygabook of cooking recipes
Malay buku masakan
- buku masakanbook of cooking recipes
Norwegian Bokmål kokebok
- kokebokbook of cooking recipes
Persian کتاب آشپزی
- کتاب آشپزیbook of cooking recipes
Polish książka kucharska
- książka kucharskabook of cooking recipes
Portuguese livro de receitas, livro de cozinha
- livro de receitasbook of cooking recipes
- livro de cozinhabook of cooking recipes
Romanian carte de bucate
- carte de bucatebook of cooking recipes
Russian пова́ренная кни́га, кулинарная книга
- пова́ренная кни́га (povárennaja kníga)book of cooking recipes
- кулинарная книга (kulinarnaja kniga)book of cooking recipes
Spanish libro de recetas, recetario
- libro de recetasbook of cooking recipes
- recetariobook of cooking recipes
- libro de cocinabook of cooking recipes
Swedish kokbok
- kokbokbook of cooking recipes
Thai ตำราอาหาร
- ตำราอาหาร (dtam-raa-aa-hǎan)book of cooking recipes
Turkish yemek kitabı
- yemek kitabıbook of cooking recipes
Ukrainian куліна́рна кни́га
- куліна́рна кни́га (kulinárna knýha)book of cooking recipes
Yiddish קאָכבוך
- קאָכבוך (kokhbukh)book of cooking recipes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cookbook
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cookbook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookbook
“cookbook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookbook. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cookbook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookbook.
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