Definition of Kitchen at Dictionary.com

[ kichuh n ]

/ ˈkɪtʃ ən /


noun

a room or place equipped for cooking.

culinary department; cuisine: This restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen.

the staff or equipment of a kitchen.

adjective

of, relating to, or designed for use in a kitchen: kitchen window; kitchen curtains.

employed in or assigned to a kitchen: kitchen help.

of or resembling a pidginized language, especially one used for communication between employers and servants or other employees who do not speak the same language.

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Origin of kitchen

before 1000; Middle English kichene, Old English cycene ≪ Latin coquīna, equivalent to coqu(ere) to cook + -īna -ine1; cf. cuisine

OTHER WORDS FROM kitchen

kitch·en·less, adjectivekitch·en·y, adjectiveout·kitch·en, noun

Words nearby kitchen

kitaj, kitakyushu, kitambilla, kitasato, kitbag, kitchen, kitchen cabinet, kitchen garden, kitchen kaffir, kitchen match, kitchen midden

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