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kitchen

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kitch·en  (kchn)
n.
1. A room or an area equipped for preparing and cooking food.
2. A style of cooking; cuisine: a restaurant with a fine French kitchen.
3. A staff that prepares, cooks, and serves food.

[Middle English kichene, from Old English cycene, probably from Vulgar Latin *cocna, from Late Latin coquna, from feminine of Latin coqunus, of cooking, from coquus, cook, from coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]

kitchen
Noun
a room equipped for preparing and cooking food [Late Latin coquina]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kitchenkitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals
dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
caboose, cookhouse, ship's galley, galley - the area for food preparation on a ship
galley - the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
kitchenette - small kitchen
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

kitchen
Translations
kitchen [ˈkɪtʃɪn] ncocina

kitchen [ˈkɪtʃɪn] ncuisine f

kitchen [ˈkɪtʃɪn] nKüche f

kitchen [ˈkɪtʃɪn] ncucina

kitchen
n kitchen [ˈkitʃin]
a room where food is cooked A smell of burning was coming from the kitchen; (also adjective ) a kitchen table. kombuis مَطْبَخ кухня, кухненски kuchyně køkken; køkken- die Küche; Küchen- κουζίνα cocina köök آشپزخانه keittiö (de) cuisine מִטבָּח रसोईघर kuhinja konyha dapur eldhús cucina; da cucina 台所 부엌 virtuvė virtuve dapur keuken kjøkken kuchnia cozinha bucătărie кухня; кухонный kuchyňa; kuchynský kuhinja kuhinja kök ห้องครัว mutfak 廚房 кухня باورچی خانہ bếp
n kitcheˈnette [-ˈnet]
a small kitchen. kombuisie مَطْبَخ صَغير бокс kuchyňka tekøkken die Kochnische κουζινούλα cocina pequeña väike köök آشپزخانه کوچک keittokomero petite cuisine מִטבָּחוֹן छोटा रसोईघर kuhinjica teakonyha dapur kecil eldhúskrókur cucinino 小台所 부엌으로 쓰이는 작은 공간 virtuvėlė virtuvīte; neliela virtuve dapur kecil keukentje kjøkkenkrok, tekjøkken kuchenka kitchinette bu­cătărioară, chicinetă маленькая кухонька kuchynka čajna kuhinja kuhinjica kokvrå, pentry ห้องครัวเล็กๆ küçük mutfak 小廚房 невеличка кухонька چھوٹا باورچی خانہ bếp nhỏ


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We sat in the adjacent kitchen in the dark--for we dared not strike a light--and ate bread and ham, and drank beer out of the same bottle.
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The store-room, the linen-presses, the china-closet, the kitchen and cellar, that day, all went under an awful review.
 
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