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kitchen

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪtʃɪn, -tʃ(ə)n/

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Definition of kitchen

noun

  • 1a room or area where food is prepared and cooked.
  • a set of fitments and units that are sold together and fixed in place in a kitchen:a fully fitted kitchen at a bargain price
  • [in singular] the cuisine of a particular country or region:the dried shrimp pastes of the Thai kitchen
  • 2 informal the percussion section of an orchestra.
  • 3 [as modifier] (of a language) in an uneducated or domestic form:kitchen Swahili

Origin:

Old English cycene, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch keuken and German Küche, based on Latin coquere 'to cook'

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