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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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