Culinary

//ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

    "Her culinary skills were excellent."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to a kitchen.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or used in cooking wordnet

Synonyms

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cookingcoquinaryculinariankitchenmagiricmagiristic

Example

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"Is there some gustatory or culinary analog of a novel or film? In other words, can you eat or taste a complete, riveting story the way you can watch or read one?"

Etymology

Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).

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