culinary
Say it: KUL-ih-nuh-ree /ˈkʌlɪnɛri/ · adjective
What “culinary” means
To do with cooking.
More precisely: Relating to cooking or the kitchen.
Example: “Lockdown turned him into a culinary adventurer who now bakes his own sourdough.”
When to use it
For skills, traditions or activities connected with cooking. A fairly formal word, often found in food writing and course descriptions.
Memory trick
Latin culina means kitchen: culinary things belong to the world of cooking.
Similar words
gastronomic, cooking, kitchen
Where it comes from
From Latin culina, "kitchen."
Quick check
A course teaches you to chop vegetables, make sauces and bake bread. What kind of skills does it teach?
culinary or nutritional?
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culinary
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