🇬🇧🇪🇸 culinary - culinario : English Lesson

Meaning of "culinary" ("culinario"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

When something is culinary, it means it's related to cooking, food preparation, or the kitchen! A chef who is very good at cooking has great culinary skills. A special knife used for slicing vegetables is a culinary tool. It's all about the art and science of making delicious meals!

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Mom says my culinary skills will improve—if I stop using glitter.

My little brother’s culinary specialty is cold toast with ketchup.

Dad said he’s a culinary genius. The smoke alarm disagrees.

I tried a culinary experiment—turns out, pickles and ice cream don’t mix.

The word culinary comes from the Latin word culina, which means kitchen!

At dawn, a shy boy set a small table for a culinary lesson with his grandmother. The culinary knife flashed under warm light, the culinary herbs filled the air, and the culinary recipe passed from hand to hand. His culinary touch trembled, then steadied. They tasted, smiled, and the kitchen burst into quiet, proud applause.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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