cookbook

Definition

A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

Etymology

From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”).

Example Sentences

• "They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard."
• "Near-synonym: playbook"
• "The Anarchist Cookbook"