Words / B2

KUL-in-uh-ree/ˈkʌlɪnəri/

Culinary means connected with cooking or kitchens: culinary tradition; culinary skills. Cuisine is the noun style (previous); cookery is everyday British. A culinary tradition still needs a named dish and a place. Mix-up: cubinary (not a word); cylindrical. Do not write culinary as a noun for “a recipe”.

Meaning

Connected with cooking or kitchens.

Examples

• “A culinary tradition still needs a named dish and a place, the geography paper said.”
• “Culinary hygiene featured in the food-tech spec, which is the kitchen-practice sense.”

Good to know

culinary + noun; culinary skills / tradition / hygiene. Noun style: cuisine. Trap: using culinary as a noun. Food tech, geography, and culture. Of cooking, not the dish itself.

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