1. The arts, music, literature and other intellectual achievements
   "She has a deep appreciation for culture"
    
2. All the knowledge and values shared by a society
   "The anthropologist studied the unique culture of the isolated tribe";
   - acculturation
    
3. The tastes in art and manners that are favoured by a social group
   "The culture of the upper class favoured classical music and fine dining"
    
4. (archeology) a particular society at a particular time and place
   "early Mayan culture";
   - civilization, civilisation [Brit]
    
5. The attitudes and behaviour that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
   "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
    
6. The raising of plants or animals
   "the culture of oysters"
    
7. (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
   "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"

1. Grow in a special preparation
   "optimal conditions for culturing stem cell lines"

Derived forms: culturing, cultures, cultured

Type of: appreciation, attitude, cognitive content, content, cultivation, development, discernment, grow, growing, growth, maturation, mental attitude, mental object, ontogenesis, ontogeny, perceptiveness, society, taste

Encyclopedia: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry