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Definition of cuisine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cuisine

noun
 
/kwɪˈziːn/
 
/kwɪˈziːn/
 [uncountable, countable] (from French)
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  1. a style of cooking
    • Italian cuisine
    Extra Examples
    • authentic Thai cuisine
    • London offers a wide variety of international cuisines.
    Topics Cooking and eatingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • excellent
    • fine
    • superb
    • …
    verb + cuisine
    • feature
    • offer
    • serve
    • …
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  2. the food served in a restaurant (usually an expensive one)
    • The hotel restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
    • We sampled the local cuisine.
    Topics Cooking and eatingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • excellent
    • fine
    • superb
    • …
    verb + cuisine
    • feature
    • offer
    • serve
    • …
    See full entry
    3. see also haute cuisine, nouvelle cuisine
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, literally ‘kitchen’, from Latin coquina, from coquere ‘to cook’.
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