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Noun
The chili cook-off is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and for $25, visitors can sample and vote for their favorite.—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025 This month is the chance to experience some of the best kitchen skills in Mississippi’s part of the Gulf Coast, through not one but two cook-offs.—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
That means the water has mostly cooked off, and the milk solids will then soon start to brown.—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025 To reduce the risk of 105-millimeter rounds cooking off in the turret after an enemy hit, Leopard 1 crews stow only a few of the tank’s 42 rounds in the turret: the rest are tucked into the hull.—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cook-off
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