i Register
In some senses, cooker is marked as slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A cookstove.
An appliance or utensil for cooking food.
One who cooks.
[…] I am a true † cooker of men, that is to ſay, I not only dreſs and prepare ſuch vile eatables as theſe, but that green creature, called man, I kill, and cut in pieces, aye, and devour him too, heart and all.
And, if we may believe the tale, / Her canny hand will ſcarcely fail, / Whate’er ſhe tries, to help or heal, / She’ll ſeldom blunder; / If ſhe be cooker of the kail, / She’ll gar us wonder.
Ellipsis of cooking apple.
For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.
A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.