culinary

What it means

1. Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

   Her culinary skills were excellent.

   1 more example

   Sizzling kebabs, delicious kheer and the ever popular haleem -it's a clear sign that Ramadan sure brings with it a culinary awakening. At the same time, Ramadan is all about discipline and faith.

   2016 June 16, Nandita Ravi, “Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!”, in The Times of India, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2017

   Synonyms: cooking, coquinary, culinarian, magirological, magiristic, magiric

2. Of or relating to a kitchen.

In a sentence

Her culinary skills were excellent.

Where it comes from

1. Latinculīnārius
2. Frenchculinaire
3. Englishculinary

Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).