kitchen

[ kich-uh n ]
/ ˈkɪtʃ ən /

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

Example sentences from the Web for kitchen

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.