Difference between cook and cox

cook

Definitions

verb

  1. transform by heating
  2. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
  3. tamper, with the purpose of deception
  4. prepare for eating by applying heat
  5. prepare a hot meal

noun

  1. someone who cooks food

Examples

Here we did everything but lift up the old-fashioned coal-burning Aga cooker, which must have weighed a couple of tons at least.

Undercook the potatoes a little as they will continue cooking when removed from the water.

FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming:

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Cox

Definitions

noun

  1. either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin

Examples

Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in

Men with short back and sides dressed in gleaming white singlets and shorts set off downriver while a little coxswain in a cap urges them on.

The governor refused to accept Cox's resignation .

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