HOW TO PRONOUNCE
chef
/ʃɛf/
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What does chef mean?
noun
- The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
- The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
- Any cook.
More meanings (5)
noun
- (slang) One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.
- (historical) A reliquary in the shape of a head.
verb
- (informal) To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
- To stab with a knife, to shank.
- To impress others.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃɛf/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The secret execution of Montigny, never brought to light until the present century, was a veritable chef d'oeuvre of this sort.
He remembered the face of anger and fear displayed by the Octagon chef when he had spoken to him in the elevator.
More book examples (3)
She was sure their cook at home did that way, and the CHEF of the gang thought it would be a good idea.
“Come, let us sit down and try what the new chef here is like, and then you will tell us how it all came about.”
This village, which, as I have said, is very like Rochefort, but hardly so large, is the chef lieu of a district the size of one-third of England.