kitchen

[ kich-uh n ]
/ 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.

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, adjective kitch·en·y, adjective out·kitch·en, noun

Words nearby kitchen

kitaj, kitakyushu, kitambilla, kitasato, kitbag, kitchen, kitchen cabinet, kitchen garden, kitchen kaffir, kitchen match, kitchen midden

Words related to kitchen

gallery, cuisine, mess, canteen, kitchenette, galley, cookhouse, scullery, cookery

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British Dictionary definitions for kitchen

kitchen
/ (ˈkɪtʃɪn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for kitchen

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

Idioms and Phrases with kitchen

kitchen

see everything but the kitchen sink; if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.