Definitions for kitchenˈkɪtʃ ən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kitch•enˈkɪtʃ ən(n.)

  1. a room or place equipped for cooking or preparing food.

  2. culinary department.

  3. the staff or equipment of a kitchen.

  4. (adj.)of or resembling a pidgin language, esp. as used for communication between employers and employees who do not speak the same language.

    Category: Language/Linguistics

Origin of kitchen:

bef. 1000; ME kichene, OE cycene蠐 L coquīna, der. of coqu(ere) to cook cf. cuisine

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kitchen(noun)

    a room equipped for preparing meals

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. kitchen(noun)ˈkɪtʃ ən

    a room where food is prepared

    a luxury kitchen; kitchen appliances/accessories

Wiktionary

  1. kitchen(Noun)

    A room or area for preparing food.

  2. kitchen(Noun)

    An admixture of languages spoken to convey meaning between non-native speakers.

  3. kitchen(Noun)

    The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.

  4. kitchen(Noun)

    cuisine

  5. kitchen(Noun)

    The percussion section of an orchestra.

  6. Origin: From kitchen, kichene, kuchen, from cycen, cycene, from kukinōn, probably a borrowing of cucina, from coquo, from pekʷ-. More at cook.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kitchen(noun)

    a cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery

  2. Kitchen(noun)

    a utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen

  3. Kitchen(verb)

    to furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen


Translations for kitchen

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

kitchen(noun)

a room where food is cooked

A smell of burning was coming from the kitchen; (also adjective) a kitchen table.

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