undercook
/ʌndɚ.kʊk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.40 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A subordinate cook.
Example Sentences
- "Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him."
- "Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)"
- "Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks, and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English cook English undercook From under- + cook.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌndɚ.kʊk/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.