cookroom

Where food's made

A cookroom is a room where cooking is done—essentially a kitchen, though the term is uncommon in contemporary usage.

It appears in older texts, nautical contexts, and some regional dialects: The cookroom was fitted with a wood-burning stove.

The compound is transparent: a room for the cook.

equipment

stove

Kitchen heating appliance

countertop · cabinets · pantry · dishwasher · microwave · blender · toaster · kettle · mixer · pots

culinary

chef

Professional kitchen leader

flavors · sauté · grill · bake · roast · fry · simmer · marinate · cuisine · gastronomy

atmosphere

warmth

Heat you feel

welcoming · togetherness · nurturing · aromas · gathering · family · hospitality · nourishment · homemade · domestic

hearth

fireplace

Indoor structure for burning

chimney · wood-burning · spit · cauldron · kettle · stoke · kindling · inglenook · range · potbelly

Opposites
room function

cookroomdining room

Room for meals

dining area · parlor · sitting room · living room · drawing room

service orientation

cookroomreception room

Room for receiving visitors

front room · great hall · salon · parlor · drawing room

Family

cook, room, cooking, cookie, uncooked, cooker, roommate, undercooked, cookout

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G