Kitchen-supper Definition

noun
(dated) The evening meal served for servants, separate from the family's meal.
The cook prided herself on making the kitchen supper as delicious as the family's dinner.
Wiktionary

An informal or semiformal meal served for guests, not necessarily one served in the kitchen.

The couple threw an impromptu kitchen supper when the dinner reservations fell through.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Kitchen-supper

Noun

Singular:
kitchen-supper
Plural:
kitchen-suppers

Origin of Kitchen-supper

  • From the fact that servants of a household were generally subordinate to the kitchen, and were expected to eat away from the family members.

    From Wiktionary

  • From the idea that the hosts forgo the dining room for the more private and relaxed kitchen.

    From Wiktionary

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to kitchen-supper using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

KKIKIT

Words Ending With

RERPER

Unscrambles

kitchen-supper

Words Starting With K and Ending With R

Starts With K & Ends With RStarts With KI & Ends With RStarts With K & Ends With ER

Word Length

14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With K14 Letter Words Ending With R