the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner"
the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking; "the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one"
intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism