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1. kitchen(noun)

   a room equipped for preparing meals

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1. Kitchen(n.)

   The staff that works in a kitchen.

Origin: [OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine.]

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Origin: [OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine.]

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1. Kitchen

   A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation. In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a microwave oven, a dishwasher and other electric appliances. The main function of a kitchen is cooking or preparing food but it may also be used for dining, food storage, entertaining, dishwashing and laundry.

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1. Kitchen

   kich′en, n. a room where food is cooked: a utensil with a stove for dressing food, &c.: anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, &c.—v.t. (Shak.) to regale in the cook-room: to serve as relish to food, to make palatable, to use sparingly, as one would a relish—to make it last.—ns. Kitch′endom, the domain of the kitchen; Kitch′ener, a person employed in the kitchen: a cooking-stove; Kitch′en-fee, the fat which falls from meat in roasting; Kitch′en-gar′den, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for the kitchen; Kitch′en-knave, a scullion; Kitch′en-maid, a maid or servant whose work is in the kitchen; Kitch′en-mid′den (Dan. kjökkenmödding), a prehistoric rubbish-heap in Denmark, the north of Scotland, &c.; Kitch′en-phys′ic, substantial fare (Milt.); Kitch′en-range, a kitchen grate with oven, boiler, &c. attached, for cooking; Kitch′en-stuff, material used in kitchens: kitchen refuse, esp. fat from pots, &c.; Kitch′en-wench, a kitchen-maid. [A.S. cicen; Ger. küche, Fr. cuisine, all from L. coquina—coquĕre, to cook.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kitchen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1317

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kitchen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1015

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kitchen' in Nouns Frequency: #530

Anagrams for kitchen »

1. thicken

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kitchen in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kitchen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Pearl Barrett:

   Make your kitchen a haven for healthy treats.

2. Arlene Spiegel:

   People trust Martha especially in the kitchen.

3. Harry S Truman:

   If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

4. The Vermont senator:

   They have thrown everything at me except the kitchen sink.

5. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   You have been at my kitchen table, you have become part of my family.

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