culinary

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/, /ˈk(j)ulɪˌnɛɹi/, /ˈkʊlɪˌnɛɹi/

culinary (comparative more culinary, superlative most culinary)

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

   Her culinary skills were excellent.

   • 2016 June 16, Nandita Ravi, “Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!”, in The Times of India‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 February 2017:

     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.

2. Of or relating to a kitchen.

• (of or related to the act or art of cooking): cooking; coquinary (rare); culinarian (rare); magirological, magiristic, magiric (obsolete)

• cook
• kiln
• recipe

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[2]

• Wikipedia article on food.

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