Chef
[ʃef] or [ʃɛf]
Definition
(n.) A chief of head person.
(n.) The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.
(n.) Same as Chief.
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Definition
n. a master-cook; a reliquary in the shape of a head.—adj. chief as in Chef d'œuvre masterpiece
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Examples
- You can't tell what you're smoking in one of these new houses--likely as not the CHEF buys the cigars. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I'm told that Lovell Mingott insisted on its being cooked by his own chef, so it ought to be good if one can only get at it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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