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chef meaning

EN[ʃɛf] [-ɛf]
WChef
  • A chef is a person who is a highly skilled professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.
  • The word "chef" is derived (and shortened) from the term chef de cuisine (French pronunciation: ​[ʃɛf.də.kɥi.zin]), the director or head of a kitchen. (The French word comes from Latin caput and is a doublet with English "chief".
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    Definition of chef in English Dictionary

  • NounPLchefs
    1. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
      1. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
        1. Any cook.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • The chef prepared to whisk the egg whites for the angel's food cake. ‎
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • And it sucked extra, because for all Frankie's totally nonacademy-approved insubordination and occasional dickheadedness, he was an amazing chef.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Countable nouns
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          5. en chefdom
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of chef for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "chef" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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