Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
chief . - noun A head or chief; specifically, a head cook, etc.
- noun A reliquary in the shape of a human head with or without the shoulders, either standing alone or placed upon a substructure or base, formerly made to receive the whole or a portion of the head of a Saint or martyr.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chief or head person.
- noun The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.
- noun (Her.) Same as
Chief .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant, club, or wealthy family. - noun
Chief .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a professional cook
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In these modern times, the word "chef" has taken on a lot of meanings.
José Andrés Wants to Feed the World (And You) Matt Goulding 2011
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Also, if the chef is a master, the roll would have been prepared with the size of my mouth taken into account.
Musha Izakaya 2008
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The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds.
Pennsylvania Man Chews Through Belly-Busting, 15-lb. Burger | Disinformation 2008
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April 10th, 2007 at 11: 15 pm hey those pict are SWEET, but u need to make it a bit real, example like your 1st piece, the chef is a bit cartoonish, try to draw something a bit real especially the human face.
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In this post, I would like to share with you the reasons why I love the French word chef-d'œuvre (= masterpiece).
MSDN Blogs 2009
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This great restaurant with an innovative and highly talented chef is named Tabarka.
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That's where the chef is previewing miniature versions of Jack Rose's sandwiches (Wednesdays) and appetizers (Thursdays).
Michael Hartzer returns with Jack Rose Tom Sietsema 2010
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This great restaurant with an innovative and highly talented chef is named Tabarka.
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The chef from the Downtown Korean BBQ cart that Daniel wrote about on Friday commented yesterday morning to let us know that the Happy Well Being House cart (on 50th and 6th) is run by his mom!
Happy Well Being House is Related to Downtown Korean BBQ Cart | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2009
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Yet, I find myself preferring French food in a restaurant where the chef is named Jacques or Pierre or whatever and pasta joints where the chef is named Marco or Silvio.
madmouth commented on the word chef
I love the implication, in the definition "someone who cooks food", that there are lots of other things to cook.
the French literally means 'boss' (akin to 'chief'), which is how it's used in SBC (spelled šef).
I believe there is a similar aesthetic sensibility (and conceptual system) to the French and Japanese. in Japanese, the chef in the kitchen is also 'boss': taisho.
July 12, 2009