cuisine
A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
Example
“French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.”
Other meanings
The food prepared using such style.
The art of preparing food in general.
Synonyms
- culinary art
A kind of
- cooking
Kinds of cuisine
- dim sum
Related words
- multicuisine
- subcuisine
- new Nordic cuisine
- haute cuisine
- batterie de cuisine
- chef de cuisine
- fusion cuisine
- modernist cuisine
- spa cuisine
- nouvelle cuisine
Word history
From Latin "cocīna".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cuisine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.