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How to pronounce “chef”
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Pronunciation guide for chef
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of chef with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Pizza School
I went, I was, the chef invited me to come, I'd never cooked in a wood-burning oven, made
- Definition summary
- The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce chef
Pizza School

I went, I was, the chef invited me to come, I'd never cooked in a wood-burning oven, made
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “chef”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
- The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
- Any cook.
- (slang) One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.
- (historical) A reliquary in the shape of a head.
- [Verb]
- (stative, informal) To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
- (MLE, transitive) To stab with a knife, to shank.
- (Internet slang) To impress others.
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