CULINARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does culinary mean? 

• CULINARY (adjective)
  The adjective CULINARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or used in cooking

  Familiarity information: CULINARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CULINARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or used in cooking

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cuisine (the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared)

 Context examples 

"Never mind, I'll get the dinner and be servant, you be mistress, keep your hands nice, see company, and give orders," said Jo, who knew still less than Meg about culinary affairs.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I fancied she was jealous even of the saucepan on it; and I have reason to know that she took its impressment into the service of boiling my egg and broiling my bacon, in dudgeon; for I saw her, with my own discomfited eyes, shake her fist at me once, when those culinary operations were going on, and no one else was looking.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An evening with John over the account books usually produced a temporary lull in the culinary enthusiasm, and a frugal fit would ensue, during which the poor man was put through a course of bread pudding, hash, and warmed-over coffee, which tried his soul, although he bore it with praiseworthy fortitude.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)