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kitchen

[kich-uhn]

noun

  1. a room or place equipped for cooking.

    The apartment has a full kitchen with an oven and dishwasher.

  2. the staff involved in food preparation in a restaurant or eatery.

    He called the kitchen to make sure they could accommodate his allergies.

  3. culinary department; cuisine.

    This restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen.

  4. the equipment and fixtures needed to make a room suitable for cooking.

    We bought a kitchen, but it still needs to be installed.

  5. Sports.(on a pickleball court) a seven-foot zone on either side of the net from which players are prohibited from returning the ball before it hits the ground.



adjective

  1. of, relating to, or designed for use in a room equipped for cooking.

    There's a view of the yard from the kitchen window.

    We got a new, more colorful set of kitchen curtains.

  2. employed in or assigned to a place or business that makes food.

    Kitchen staff and volunteers worked together to feed over 500 food-insecure people.

kitchen

/ ˈɪʃɪ /

noun

    1. a room or part of a building equipped for preparing and cooking food

    2. ( as modifier )

      a kitchen table

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • kitchenless adjective
  • kitcheny adjective
  • outkitchen noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kitchen1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English kichene, Old English cycene ≪ Latin DZīԲ, equivalent to coqu(ere) “to cook” + -īԲ -ine 1; cuisine
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kitchen1

Old English cycene, ultimately from Late Latin DZīԲ, from Latin coquere to cook ; see kiln
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She claimed it was from an accident in the kitchen, but her cowering posture, downcast eyes and hesitant responses to basic questions suggested there was more to her visit than she was letting on.

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"I remember thinking: 'That was made on my kitchen table - that's insane'."

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They searched the top floor, where the kitchen was, but found nothing.

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"These low-chill apples can be grown as novelty fruit in a kitchen garden, but their viability as a commercial crop is not proven... most of them are a failure," he says.

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The defendant also denies aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article relating to a kitchen knife.

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