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cui·sine (kwē zēn′, kwi-)

noun

  1. Archaic the kitchen
  2. style of cooking; manner of preparing food
  3. the food prepared, as at a restaurant

Etymology: Fr < LL cocina, earlier coquina, kitchen < L coquere, to cook

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cuisine Synonyms

cuisine

n.

style of cooking, cookery, table, bill of fare; see food, menu.


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cuisine Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • savor: There are just ten bedrooms, and the inn's focal point is the restaurant, where you savor creative cuisine.

Preposition: in

  • restaurant: Anyway who wants eastern cuisine in a French restaurant.

Adjective modifier

  • haute: The main teaching kitchen is equipped to a high standard, with all the tools of haute cuisine.

Preposition: with

  • twist: Lovely relaxed dining offering simplistic english cuisine with a modern twist.

Noun used with modifier

  • nouvelle: The hotel has an a la carte restaurant which specializes in nouvelle cuisine.
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cuisine quotes

This cuisine here in America was certainly on a par with French cuisine.

-Chirac,Jacques Rene¤

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