Noun

(en noun)

Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing, living or behaving.

:* And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21 .

:* Moved beyond his custom , Gama said. .

:* A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shakespeare

Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

* Let him have your custom , but not your votes. - .

(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

* Usage is a fact. Custom' is a law. There can be no '''custom''' without usage, though there may be usage without '''custom . ''Wharton .

(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.

* Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shakespeare

The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

* Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom' to whom '''custom . ''Rom. xiii. 7 .

Created under particular specifications, specialized, unique, custom-made

Noun

(en noun)

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

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-07, volume=408, issue=8852, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Farming as rocket science , passage=Such differences of history and culture have lingering consequences. Almost all the corn and soyabeans grown in America are genetically modified. GM crops are barely tolerated in the European Union. Both America and Europe offer farmers indefensible subsidies, but with different motives.}}

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

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=(Jan Sapp)

, volume=100, issue=2, page=164, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Race Finished , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture , ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.}}

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

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

The collective noun for a group of bacteria.

(botany) Cultivation.

* http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm

The Culture of Spring-Flowering Bulbs

(computing) The language and peculiarities of a geographical location.

A culture is the combination of the language that you speak and the geographical location you belong to. It also includes the way you represent dates, times and currencies. ... Examples: en-UK, en-US, de-AT, fr-BE, etc.