pre-cooked

adjective

Partially or completely cooked in advance.

OriginEnglish cooked ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepre-cooked (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePartially or completely cooked in advance.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishcooked
  10. Englishpre-cooked

From pre- + cooked.

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Translations

Finnish esikypsennetty
  • esikypsennettycooked in advance
Polish ugotowany uprzednio
  • ugotowany uprzedniocooked in advance
Spanish precocinado
  • precocinadocooked in advance
Cite this entry
APA

pre-cooked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-cooked

MLA

“pre-cooked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-cooked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pre-cooked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-cooked.

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