cuisine
noun /kwɪˈziːn/
/kwɪˈziːn/
[uncountable, countable] (from French)- a style of cooking
- Italian cuisine
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb2- authentic Thai cuisine
- London offers a wide variety of foreign cuisines.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- fine
- superb
- …
- feature
- offer
- serve
- …
- the food served in a restaurant (usually an expensive one)
- The hotel restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
Extra Examples- The hotel has a large dining room serving superb local cuisine.
- We sampled the local cuisine.
- You must sample the local cuisine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- fine
- superb
- …
- feature
- offer
- serve
- …
see also haute cuisine, nouvelle cuisine
Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, literally ‘kitchen’, from Latin coquina, from coquere ‘to cook’.
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- à la carte
- course
- cuisine
- menu
- order
- reservation
- restaurant
- service charge
- speciality
- waiter