Food & Cooking

Overview

11 B1-level words for food, cooking, and dining.

Words

cream /kɹiːm/

adjective — B1

Meaning: The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

Example:

• Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
• Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.

Collocations: very cream, quite cream, extremely cream

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fry /fɹaɪ/

verb — B1

Meaning: (usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato.

Example:

• She frys every day.
• They fryed last week.

Collocations: fry something, fry that, try to fry

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ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

noun — B1

Meaning: One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.

Example:

• The ingredient is very important.
• She talked about the ingredient.

Collocations: the ingredient, a ingredient of, ingredient is important

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liquid /ˈlɪkwɪd/

adjective, noun — B1

Meaning: A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

Example:

• A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
• liquid nitrogen

Collocations: very liquid, quite liquid, extremely liquid

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mild /ˈmaɪld/

adjective — B1

Meaning: A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

Example:

• The result was very mild.
• a mild man

Collocations: very mild, quite mild, extremely mild

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mixture /ˈmɪkstʃə/

noun — B1

Meaning: The act of mixing.

Example:

• The mixture is very important.
• She talked about the mixture.

Collocations: the mixture, a mixture of, mixture is important

Word family: mix (đt.) → mixture (dt.) → mixed (tt.)

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pour /pɔː/

verb — B1

Meaning: The act of pouring.

Example:

• The bartender’s inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.
• pour water from a jug

Collocations: pour something, pour that, try to pour

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slice /slaɪs/

noun, verb — B1

Meaning: That which is thin and broad.

Example:

• The slice is very important.
• Slice the cheese thinly.

Collocations: the slice, a slice of, slice is important

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smooth /smuːð/

adjective — B1

Meaning: Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.

Example:

• The result was very smooth.
• It’s a smooth situation.

Collocations: very smooth, quite smooth, extremely smooth

Word family: smooth (tt.) → smoothly (trt.) → smoothness (dt.)

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spicy

adjective — B1

Meaning: Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.

Example:

• He prepared a spicy casserole.
• It’s a spicy situation.

Collocations: very spicy, quite spicy, extremely spicy

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stuff /stʌf/

noun — B1

Meaning: Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

Example:

• What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?  He didn’t want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
• I’m going to stuff this pillow with feathers.

Collocations: the stuff, a stuff of, stuff is important

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Quick Review

Word	Type	Meaning
cream	adj.	The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder
fry	v.	(usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato
ingredient	n.	One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food
liquid	adj./n.	A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid
mild	adj.	A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
mixture	n.	The act of mixing
pour	v.	The act of pouring
slice	n./v.	That which is thin and broad
smooth	adj.	Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily
spicy	adj.	Of, pertaining to, or containing spice
stuff	n.	Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects