kitchen

[ kich-uhn ]

/ ˈkɪtʃ ən /

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noun

a room or place equipped for cooking.

culinary department; cuisine: This restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen.

the staff or equipment of a kitchen.

adjective

of, relating to, or designed for use in a kitchen: kitchen window; kitchen curtains.

employed in or assigned to a kitchen: kitchen help.

of or resembling a pidginized language, especially one used for communication between employers and servants or other employees who do not speak the same language.

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Origin of kitchen

before 1000; Middle English kichene,Old English cycene ≪ Latin coquīna, equivalent to coqu(ere) to cook + -īna-ine¹; cf. cuisine

OTHER WORDS FROM kitchen

kitch·en·less, adjectivekitch·en·y, adjectiveoutkitchen, noun

Words nearby kitchen

Kitasato, kit bag, Kit Carson Mountain, kit-cat, Kit-Cat Club, kitchen, kitchenalia, kitchen cabinet, kitchener, kitchenette, kitchen garden

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How to use kitchen in a sentence

Kriel had all the meals delivered to the Levins’ hotel, carefully wrapped in observance of strict kashrut laws that dictate how the food should be reheated in a non-kosher kitchen.
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If you’ve ever accidentally dumped way too much olive oil on your roasted fish, or sprayed your whole kitchen with a sticky store-bought aerosol oil can when trying to make pancakes, you know this to be true.
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Consider investing in a kitchen scale so that you can measure by weight rather than volume for accuracy.
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With stripe hues including cappuccino, chili, and cornflower, you’re bound to find a set that matches your kitchen’s design.
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Every kitchen needs a stock pot, no matter your cooking skills.
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In another, they sit smiling inside their Los Angeles apartment at a messy kitchen table.
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Hitchcock is very proud of his kitchen; he's comfortable here.
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At the end of one of our sessions I join them in their kitchen for yet another drink.
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The days it takes place are marked on the wall calendar in the kitchen and counted down to with feverish excitement.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
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The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
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He went himself to the kitchen, which was a building apart from the cottages and lying to the rear of the house.
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Following the boys, Baptiste entered by the kitchen door to encounter the mother and three daughters preparing the meal.
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The voice of duty called her to the kitchen, where her cook patiently awaited her inevitable, and always painful, audience.
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British Dictionary definitions for kitchen

kitchen

/ (ˈkɪtʃɪn) /

noun

a room or part of a building equipped for preparing and cooking food
(as modifier)a kitchen table

Word Origin for kitchen

Old English cycene, ultimately from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook; see kiln

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