cookbook
cookbook Lexical Profile
cookbook Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A book containing a collection of recipes, ingredient lists, and instructions for preparing and cooking various foods.
"She flipped through her grandmother's vintage cookbook to find the traditional holiday pie recipe."
A reference manual or guide that provides step-by-step, ready-to-use solutions or code snippets for common technical or practical problems (especially in computing and engineering).
"The developer consulted a Python cookbook to quickly implement the data parsing algorithm."
• adjective
Following a rigid, step-by-step set of rules or procedures without requiring independent thought, creativity, or deeper understanding.
"The professor criticized the laboratory manual for its cookbook approach to chemistry experiments."
• Rhymes for cookbook
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in early 19th-century American English as a transparent compound of 'cook' and 'book', largely replacing the traditional British term 'cookery book'.