cookery vs precook

cookery is a noun but precook is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cookery	Yes	No	No	No
precook	No	No	Yes	No

cookery (noun)	precook (noun)
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

cookery (verb)	precook (verb)
	cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long