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Definition of culinary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

culinary

adjective
 
/ˈkʌlɪnəri/
 
/ˈkʌlɪneri/
 [only before noun] (formal)
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  1. connected with cooking or food
    • culinary skills
    • Savour the culinary delights of Mexico.
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCulinary is used with these nouns:
    • art
    • delight
    • excellence
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin culinarius, from culina ‘kitchen’.
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