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English

Etymology

Old English cycene, from a Germanic borrowing of vulgar cucina|cucīna, from coquere ‘to cook’. Cognate with Dutch keuken, German Küche, Swedish kök.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɪtʃən/ or /ˈkɪtʃɪn/
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  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-kitchen.ogg


Noun

  1. A room or area for preparing food.
  2. An admixture of languages spoken to convey meaning between non-native speakers.
  3. * Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines 1886: Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.
  4. African American slang for the nape of a persons hair line, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kitchen \Kitch"en\ (k[i^]ch"[e^]n), n. [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.]
1. A room equipped for cooking food; the room of a house,
restaurant, or other building appropriated to cookery.
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Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot.
--Dryden.
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A fat kitchen makes a lean will. --Franklin.
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2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
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3. The staff that works in a kitchen.
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Kitchen garden. See under Garden.

Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] "A brazen tub of
kitchen lee." --Ford.

Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. --Donne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kitchen \Kitch"en\, v. t.
To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the
kitchen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet kitchen
n : a room equipped for preparing meals
Moby Dictionary
automat , bakehouse , bakery , beanery , bistro , buffet , buvette ,
caboose , cafe , cafeteria , camboose , canteen , cantina , chophouse ,
chuck wagon , coffee shop , coffeehouse , coffeeroom , cookery ,
cookhouse , cooking , cookroom , cookshack , cookshop , cuisine ,
culinary , diner , dining hall , dining room , dog wagon , drive-in ,
drive-in restaurant , eatery , eating house , fast-food chain , galley ,
grill , grillroom , hamburger stand , hash house , hashery ,
hot-dog stand , kitchenette , larder , lunch counter , lunch wagon ,
luncheonette , lunchroom , mess hall , pantry , pizzeria ,
quick-lunch counter , restaurant , scullery , smoking room ,
smorgasbord , snack bar , storeroom , tavern , tearoom , trattoria


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