kitchen-sink
[ kich-uh n-singk ]
/ ˈkɪtʃ ənˈsɪŋk /
adjective
marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
Origin of kitchen-sink
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby kitchen-sink
kitchen match,
kitchen midden,
kitchen police,
kitchen sink,
kitchen tea,
kitchen-sink,
kitchenalia,
kitchener,
kitchenette,
kitchenmaid,
kitchenware
Definition for kitchen-sink (2 of 2)
kitchen sink
noun
the final item imaginable on any extensive list of usually disparate items: He packed everything for his trip except the kitchen sink.
Origin of kitchen sink
1870–75, for literal sense
Example sentences from the Web for kitchen-sink
According to one person with knowledge of the matter, the bad bank will likely be one aspect of a “kitchen-sink approach.”
The kitchen-sink arrangements are not altogether satisfactory.
Convenient Houses |Louis Henry GibsonAm I nothing but a dust-bin or kitchen-sink for other people's troubles?
More Trivia |Logan Pearsall SmithThe foul odors of the kitchen-sink added to the night of horrors.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 |Various
British Dictionary definitions for kitchen-sink
kitchen sink
noun
a sink in a kitchen for washing dishes, vegetables, etc
everything but the kitchen sink
everything that can be conceived of
(modifier)
denoting a type of drama or painting of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality