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Definition of haute cuisine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

haute cuisine

noun

/ˌəʊt kwɪˈziːn/

/ˌəʊt kwɪˈziːn/

[uncountable] (from French)

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cooking of a very high standard, following the style of traditional French cooking
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Word OriginFrench, literally ‘high cookery’.

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