adjective
culinary
KUL-ih-nair-ee/ˈkʌlɪneri/
Relating to cooking or prepared food.
She develops her culinary skills by cooking dinner every night.
Etymology
The pieces mean “pertaining to the kitchen.” The meaning broadened from the kitchen itself to the art of cooking and preparing food.
In context
spanish friars could teach the home cooking that they knew now aside from the catholicism going into the culinary culture
More examples
- He attends culinary school to become a chef.
- The festival celebrates the region's culinary traditions.
- Her latest culinary creation is a spicy bean stew.
Forms
culinary
Similar words
- cooking
- More everyday and practical; often describes equipment or methods.
- gastronomic
- Often emphasizes fine food and the enjoyment of eating.