culinary
/ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/US/ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/
culinary adjective: relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
Adjective
culinary (comparative more culinary, superlative most culinary)
- Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
- Her culinary skills were excellent.
- Sizzling kebabs, delicious kheer and the ever popular haleem -it's a clear sign that Ramadan sure brings with it a culinary awakening. At the same time, Ramadan is all about discipline and faith.2016 June 16, Nandita Ravi, “Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!”, in The Times of India, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2017
- Synonyms:
- cooking, coquinary, culinarian, magirological, magiristic, magiric
- Of or relating to a kitchen.
culinary meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati and Nepali
culinary in Bengali
- রন্ধনসংক্রান্ত, রন্ধনশিল্প বিষয়ক, রান্না, খাবার তৈরির সাথে সম্পর্কিত
culinary in Kannada
- ಪಾಕಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಜ್ಞ, ಅಡುಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಸ್ಸೀಮ, ಅಡಿಗೆಯ, ಅಡಿಗೆಮನೆಯ, ಪಾಕಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ, ಪಾಕಕಲೆಯ
culinary in Gujarati
- રાંધણ, રાંધણકળાના
culinary in Nepali
- पाककला
More languagesFewer languages
- culinary in Tagalog
- sa pagluluto, pagluluto
- culinary in Arabic
- مَطْبَخِيّ maṭbaḵiyy
- culinary in Malay
- kulinari
- culinary in Indonesian
- kuliner
- culinary in Thai
- สูทศาสตร์ sòot-sàat
Examples of culinary in a sentence
- The hardest part of culinary school was learning to turn vegetables perfectly.
- Grilling is a feature of almost every culinary culture, and it's all reflected in L.A.'s interlocking communities.
- Another culinary disagreement arose when Sue defined lammingtons as squares of sponge cake coated in red jelly.
Synonyms of culinary
Forms of culinary
| comparative | more culinary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most culinary |
Origin of culinary
Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).
Words formed from culinary
Phrases with culinary
Questions about culinary
- What does culinary mean?
- Culinary means relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
- What is culinary in Bengali?
- Culinary in Bengali is রন্ধনসংক্রান্ত, রন্ধনশিল্প বিষয়ক, রান্না. See Culinary meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is culinary?
- Culinary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce culinary?
- Culinary is pronounced /ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
Words near culinary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: culinary (page history and authors); Culinary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culinary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culinary (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); culinary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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