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cu⋅li⋅nar⋅y

[kyoo-luh-ner-ee, kuhl-uh-]
–adjective
of, pertaining to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.

Origin:
1630–40; < L culīnārius of the kitchen, equiv. to culīn(a) kitchen, food + -ārius -ary


cu⋅li⋅nar⋅i⋅ly, adverb
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cu·li·nar·y   (kyōō'lə-něr'ē, kŭl'ə-)   
adj.  Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery.

[Latin culīnārius, from culīna, kitchen; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
cu'li·nar'i·ly (-nâr'ə-lē) adv.
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Word Origin & History

culinary 
1638, "of the kitchen," from L. culinarius, from culina "kitchen." Meaning "of cookery" is from 1651.
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