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GASTRONOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gastronomy mean?
• GASTRONOMY (noun)
The noun GASTRONOMY has 2 senses:
1. a particular style of cookery (as of a region)
2. the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Familiarity information: GASTRONOMY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particular style of cookery (as of a region)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Context example:
New England gastronomy
Hypernyms ("gastronomy" is a kind of...):
cuisine; culinary art (the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared)
Derivation:
gastronomic (of or relating to gastronomy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gastronomy" is a kind of...):
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Derivation:
gastronomic; gastronomical (of or relating to gastronomy)
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