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
OTHER WORDS FROM kitchen
kitch·en·less, adjective kitch·en·y, adjective out·kitch·en, nounWords nearby kitchen
Example sentences from the Web for kitchen
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
Idioms and Phrases with kitchen
kitchen
see everything but the kitchen sink; if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.