[ˈkʌltʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
(e.g: 20th century popular culture)

- the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society
(e.g: African-Caribbean culture)

- the cultivation of bacteria, tissue cells, etc. in an artificial medium containing nutrients
(e.g: the cells proliferate readily in culture)

- the cultivation of plants
(e.g: this variety of lettuce is popular for its ease of culture)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a cultivated piece of land): the noun from French culture or directly from Latin cultura ‘growing, cultivation’; the verb from obsolete French culturer or medieval Latin culturare, both based on Latin colere ‘tend, cultivate’ (see cultivate). In late Middle English the sense was ‘cultivation of the soil’ and from this (early 16th century), arose ‘cultivation (of the mind, faculties, or manners’); culture dates from the early 19th century

[ˈkʌltʃə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- maintain (tissue cells, bacteria, etc.) in conditions suitable for growth
(e.g: several investigators have attempted to culture biliary cells)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a cultivated piece of land): the noun from French culture or directly from Latin cultura ‘growing, cultivation’; the verb from obsolete French culturer or medieval Latin culturare, both based on Latin colere ‘tend, cultivate’ (see cultivate). In late Middle English the sense was ‘cultivation of the soil’ and from this (early 16th century), arose ‘cultivation (of the mind, faculties, or manners’); culture dates from the early 19th century