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kitchen definition

kitchen (kic̸h′ən)

noun

  1. a room or place or the equipment for the preparation and cooking of food
  2. a staff that cooks and serves food

Etymology: ME kychene < OE cycene < VL cocina, cucina: see cuisine

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kitchen Synonyms

kitchen

n.

kitchenette, scullery, galley, cuisine, canteen, cook's room, cookhouse, pantry, larder, mess*.


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kitchen Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • equip: Well equipped fitted kitchen with twin oven range cooker.

Modifies a noun

  • sink: Tune in to see the real-life kitchen sink drama...

Adjective modifier

  • fitted: Well equipped fitted kitchen with twin oven range cooker.

Preposition: with

  • cooker: Well equipped fitted kitchen with twin oven range cooker.

Noun used with modifier

  • galley: The bright galley kitchen seats up to 3 people at a pretty round table in the window overlooking Leith walk.
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kitchen quotes

La volaille est pour la cuisine ce qu'est la toile pour les peintres. Fowls are to the kitchen what his canvas is to the painter.

-Brillat-Savarin,Jean Anthelme

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

-Bukowski, Charles

   The view of history that we get through the kitchen window is a more gentle view, not of war and politics, but of familyand communityand sharing.

-Child,Julia McWilliams

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