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kitchen

Syllabification: (kitch·en)
Pronunciation: /ˈkiCHən/

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Definition of kitchen

noun

  • 1a room or area where food is prepared and cooked.
  • a set of fixtures, cabinets, and appliances that are sold together and installed in a room where food is prepared:a complete kitchen at a bargain price
  • cuisine: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; related to Dutch keuken and German Küche, based on Latin coquere 'to cook'

kitchen in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of kitchen in the British & World English dictionary