culinary disaster
- noun
- /ˈkʌlɪnɛri dɪˈzæstər/
:
desastre culinario
- The charity event turned into a culinary disaster when the main course was burnt and inedible.
Examples
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"Hope it's better than her last culinary disaster," Frank thought as he leaned out the door after them.
Fiction book (2001) -
Doctors here say the official cause of death is... heart failure due to the mayor's recent culinary disaster.
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Surprisingly, there have been no culinary disasters over the years, Massabny said.
Blog text (7) -
A culinary disaster.
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Everyone laughed at the culinary disaster that occurred when she forgot to add sugar to the cake batter.
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After trying to make a fancy dinner, he realized it was a complete culinary disaster when the sauce curdled.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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3.7
A situation that is a total failure causing big problems
A situation that is very messy and a complete disaster
How Bad
4
7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently built from 'culinary' (relating to cooking) + 'disaster' (a major failure), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it means a serious cooking failure. The composition follows a straightforward modifier+noun pattern and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, making the overall sense predictable from the parts.
Etymology
The phrase culinary disaster combines culinary, meaning 'cooking', and disaster, meaning a 'big mistake' or 'mess', and paints a clear picture of a kitchen where a dish is burned, spoiled, or ruined. That's why it means 'a severe failure in cooking'.