diet kitchen

American  

noun

1. a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.

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Etymology

Origin of diet kitchen

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

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diet kitchen

WACs and Army nurses prepared baby formulas in a special diet kitchen.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was the first person to conceive the idea of a diet kitchen for the needy.

From A Portrait of Old George Town by Grace Dunlop Peter

Say," she said, "the chef's getting fussy about the stuff I'm using in the diet kitchen.

From Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I'm on the water-wagon and the diet kitchen.

From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes

I went back for some, and when I got as far as the diet kitchen again Doctor Barnes was there, just inside the door.

From Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart