cultured

adjective
cul·​tured | \ ˈkəl-chərd How to pronounce cultured (audio) \

Definition of cultured

2 : produced under artificial conditions cultured viruses cultured pearls

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Examples of cultured in a Sentence

the most highly cultured period of the country's long history

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Tosun represents the more cultured player of the two and offers more finesse than the 29-year-old, yet as mentioned, given this summer's arrivals along with Dominic Calvert-Lewin kicking around, if the money is right Everton, could well cash in. SI.com, "5 Everton Players Who Could Still Leave Goodison Park This Summer," 20 Aug. 2019 Looking for a cultured way to celebrate this long Fourth of July weekend? Matt Cooper, latimes.com, "Beyond fireworks: 10 ways to get a little culture this 4th of July weekend," 3 July 2019 Each year, any number of new substances are tested in cultured cells or animals; the best and safest of those are tried out in people. Jonathan Zittrain, The New Yorker, "The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking," 23 July 2019 From kombucha to kefir, tepache to mead, natural wine to probiotic sodas, everything cultured, fizzy-fied and aged is old-but-new again. Erin Booke, Dallas News, "How Dallas is dipping into the world of dark, funky, fermented teas," 26 July 2019 Finless Foods, another startup in Emeryville, is making cultured fish and seafood. Terence Chea, chicagotribune.com, "‘People want meat. They don’t want slaughter’: The promise and problems of lab-grown protein.," 9 July 2019 Finless Foods, another startup in Emeryville, is making cultured fish and seafood. Terence Chea, The Denver Post, "Meat from a lab? Startups cook up alternative to slaughter," 9 July 2019 Finless Foods, another startup in Emeryville, is making cultured fish and seafood. Washington Post, "Meat from a lab? Startups cook up alternative to slaughter," 9 July 2019 Within a month of her death, Boon’s team had cultured Wilson’s strain and used it to infect human cells in petri dishes. Megan Molteni, WIRED, "The Meat-Allergy Tick Also Carries a Mystery Killer Virus," 8 July 2019

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First Known Use of cultured

circa 1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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cultured

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of cultured

: having or showing good education, tastes, and manners
: grown or made under controlled conditions

cultured

adjective
cul·​tured | \ ˈkəl-chərd\

Kids Definition of cultured

1 : having or showing refinement in taste, speech, or manners
2 : produced under artificial conditions cultured pearls

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