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# culinary

«culinary» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with cooking or the kitchen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (culinary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with cooking or the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#m1)

2) (formal) Connected with cooking as a skill or art, such as culinary skills or a culinary school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it appears on cookbooks, TV cooking shows and labels: «culinary herbs» are herbs used in cooking. In food technology lessons it describes cooking skills. In stories it tells the reader something is about food in a slightly grand way. Phrases: «culinary skills», «culinary arts», «culinary herbs», «culinary delight», «culinary school».

### examples

- Basil and parsley are culinary herbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#x1)
- My uncle went to culinary school to become a chef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#x2)
- The class showed off their culinary skills at the bake sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#x3)
- The festival had food from many culinary traditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#x4)
- Grandad's culinary masterpiece was a burnt sausage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#x5)
- (formal) The hotel is famous for its culinary excellence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/#x6)

### note

Only an adjective: «culinary skills», not «a culinary». Pronounced «KUL-in-air-ee» (UK) or «KYOO-lin-air-ee» (US). Rather formal; in everyday talk people say «cooking».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «culinary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culinary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.