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Kitchen-sink definition

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Showing a lack of discriminating thought or careful planning; random; indiscriminate.

A sitcom with a kitchen-sink series of subplots.

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The definition of a kitchen sink is the sink in the kitchen of a home or restaurant.

The place where you wash your dishes is an examples of a kitchen sink.

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(chiefly brit.) Portraying life, esp. domestic situations, with realism that emphasizes the negative or sordid aspects.
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Used other than as an idiom: see kitchen,‎ sink. A sink in a kitchen used for washing dishes and preparing food.

The kitchen sink was piled high with dirty dishes.

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(idiomatic) A miscellany or a miscellaneous item.
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Noun

Singular:
kitchen-sink
Plural:
kitchen-sinks

Origin of kitchen-sink

  • Probably from everything but the kitchen sink

    From Wiktionary

Kitchen-sink Sentence Examples

  • Katie was peeling potatoes at the kitchen sink and Carmen was holding Destiny, watching her.

  • Rolling up his shirtsleeves, he washed his hands in the kitchen sink.

  • He decided on kitchen sink soup—four night's leftovers stewed with a couple of cloves of garlic for a kicker.

  • Washing her hands in the kitchen sink so that she wouldn't disturb him, she sneaked a peak in the refrigerator.

  • Warmth crawled up her neck as she put his sandwich on the table and watched him wash his hands in the kitchen sink.

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