cultures

noun

  1. 1

    The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.

  2. 2

    The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.

  3. 3

    The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.

  4. 4

    Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.

  5. 5

    Cultivation.

  6. 6

    The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.

  7. 7

    The growth thus produced.

    I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.
  8. 8

    A group of bacteria.

  9. 9

    The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels.

  10. 10

    A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.

verb

  1. 1

    To maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)

  2. 2

    To increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)

Translate “cultures” to another language

Click any language to open the translator with this word already filled in.