Examples of “subculture” in a Sentence

noun A group inside a larger culture that has its own habits, values or style and often stands apart from the mainstream.

• Skateboarding grew into a subculture with its own clothing and slang.
• Sociologists study how a subculture forms around a style of music.
• She wrote her thesis on an online gaming subculture.

noun A culture of microorganisms made by transferring some of an earlier culture to fresh growth medium.

• The technician prepared a subculture from the original sample.
• Each subculture was kept in its own dish.
• A new subculture showed fresh growth after two days.

verb To move microorganisms into fresh nutrient material so that a new culture can grow.

• The students subculture the bacteria every week.
• We subcultured the cells when they filled the dish.
• She subcultured the sample onto a fresh plate.