dictionary definitions for "kitchen"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  kitchen
      n : a room equipped for preparing meals

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kitchen \Kitch"en\, v. t.
     To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the
     kitchen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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