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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024kitch•en /ˈkɪtʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a room or place equipped for cooking or preparing food, washing dishes, and the like.
adj. [before a noun] - Linguisticsof or resembling a language used for communication between employers and employees who do not speak the same language:knew enough kitchen English to understand simple orders.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kitch•en (kich′ən),USA pronunciation n. - a room or place equipped for cooking.
- culinary department;
cuisine:This restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen. - the staff or equipment of a kitchen.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or designed for use in a kitchen:kitchen window; kitchen curtains.
- employed in or assigned to a kitchen:kitchen help.
- Linguisticsof or resembling a pidginized language, esp. one used for communication between employers and servants or other employees who do not speak the same language.
- bef. 1000; Middle English kichene, Old English cycene Latin coquīna, equivalent. to coqu(ere) to cook + -īna -ine1; compare cuisine
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