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Synonyms for chef
ʃɛfchef
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Wiktionary
chefnoun
The head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant, club, or wealthy family.
Synonyms:
cook
Princeton's WordNet
chefnoun
a professional cook
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CHEF
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #692 | head | |
| #1793 | chief | |
| #2047 | leader | |
| #3139 | cook | |
| #4699 | boss | |
| #6304 | chef |
How to use chef in a sentence?
Plus, notes the chef, they’re not serving food so it’s not the same business model. Jeremy Arney, an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin LaCrosse and alcohol police expert seems to agree. This is yet another example of two competing value systems.
He said he and his client asked Cheah for their money back but wound up losing their entireinvestment. The Post quoted another pre-sentencing letter from Houston chef Alan Perez, who said Cheah left him $ 250,000 in debt. She does not use guns, knives, or any other sort of physical weapon like many criminals, language and emotion are her weapons, and armed with them she can easily infiltrate the mind of anyone she wishes to prey upon.
We lost legendary fashion model, chef, restaurateur, lifestyle icon and magazine publisher, Barbara Elaine Smith today.
When dining out, we are leaving the ingredients to the chef or fast food chain, when we make our own, we are in control.
Every Sunday, we had 'asadito' -- a lot of meat and Pope Francis was the chef. It was something simple; but, still it was a lot of work for one person cooking for others.
Translations for chef
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- طاهArabic
- главен готвачBulgarian
- xefCatalan, Valencian
- юургйийригChechen
- šéfkuchařCzech
- Chefköchin, Küchenchef, Küchenchefin, ChefkochGerman
- αρχιμάγειροςGreek
- chefSpanish
- peakokkEstonian
- سرآشپزPersian
- kokki, keittiömestariFinnish
- chef, chef cuisinierFrench
- xefe de cociñaGalician
- ard-choagyreyManx
- שףHebrew
- महाराजHindi
- kokiIndonesian
- yfirmatsveinn, matsveinn, kokkur, matreiðslumaðurIcelandic
- capocuocoItalian
- コック, 調理師, 料理人, クック, シェフJapanese
- მზარეულიGeorgian
- ಬಾಣಸಿಗKannada
- 주방장, 요리사Korean
- шеф на кујнаMacedonian
- xeffMaltese
- chefkokDutch
- chʼiyáán ííłʼíníNavajo, Navaho
- kucharz, szef kuchniPolish
- chefPortuguese
- шеф-поварRussian
- kock, köksmästareSwedish
- చెఫ్Telugu
- şefTurkish
- ئاشپەزUyghur, Uighur
- شیفUrdu
- kvisinal, jikvisinal, hikvisinalVolapük
- 厨师Chinese
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