subcook

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ cook.

Noun

subcook (plural subcooks)

  1. A subsidiary or assistant cook.
    Synonym: undercook
    Hypernym: cook
    Coordinate terms: chef, head chef, chief cook and bottle washer
    Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
    • 2016, Noel Behn, The Shadowboxer:
      Spangler had seen that the senior cooks, the subcooks and the apprentice cooks were all large, powerful men.
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