chef
/ʃɛf
/noun
A professional cook, typically the chief cook in a restaurant or hotel.Their livers were then cut out and borne in triumph to a local restaurant, where the chef was ordered to cook them....
- I thought I was writing the book for cooks and chefs and restaurant people in the New York area.
- Cash will be the vital ingredient as celebrity chefs cook up a special fundraising treat for charity.
Synonyms
cook, cordon bleu cook, food preparer;
head chef, sous chef, commis chef, chef de cuisine, chef de partie;
pastry cook, saucier
North American informal short-order cook
verb (chefs, cheffing, cheffed) [no object] (usually as noun cheffing) informal
Work as a chef: he spent the next seven years cheffing in top restaurants and hotels in Germany
Origin
Early 19th century: French, literally 'head'.
Rhymes
- madoqua
- Mad Parliament
- madrague
- madras
- madrasa
- madrasah
- Madras curry
- Madras handkerchief
- Madrasi
- Madras kerchief
- Madras lace
- Madras muslin
- Madras net muslin
- Madrassee
- Madrassi
- Madras turban
- Madras work
- madre-perl
- Madreporaria
- madreporarian
- madrepore
- madrepore marble
- madreporian
- madreporic
- madreporite