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Cookbook

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkʊkˌbʊk

Definitions

  1. A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
  2. Any book or set of strategies and tips.
    broadly, figuratively

Equivalents

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Examples

“They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard.”
“Near-synonym: playbook”
“The Anarchist Cookbook”
“Reading business biographies is interesting, but they are not cookbooks that can teach⟳ hacks how to be greats.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cookbookery Cookbooks cookdom Cooke Cooke County Cooke triplet

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