cooker
/ˈkʊkɚ/
noun
Familiar
1.n.a utensil for cooking
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cooker and cooper differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. cooker means “a utensil for cooking”. cooper means “United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)”. cooper is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈkʊkɚ/
1.n.a utensil for cooking
/ˈkupɚ/
| cooker | cooper | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈkʊkɚ/ | /ˈkupɚ/ |
| Said | KUUK-ur | KOO-pur |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 6 | 6 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 1 | 5 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | Peter Cooper |
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