chef

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ʃɛf/

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

Singular chef

Plural chefs

A chef

1. (countable) A chef is a person who is paid to cook.

   The restaurant had a really good chef.

2. (countable) A chef is the person in charge of a large kitchen.

   The chef wrote out the menus for the coming week.

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