kitchen /kichˈən/

1. A room or building in which food is cooked
2. The staff of such a room or building
3. A tea-urn (obsolete Scot)
4. Anything eaten as a relish with other food (esp Scot)
5. The percussion section of an orchestra (informal)

1. To regale in the cookroom (Shakespeare)
2. To serve as relish to (Scot)
3. To make palatable (Scot)
4. To use sparingly, make last (Scot)

kitchˈendom noun

The domain of the kitchen

kitchˈener noun

1. A person employed in the kitchen
2. A cooking stove

kitchenetteˈ noun

A very small kitchen, or part of a room modified as such

kitchen cabinet noun

An informal, unelected group of advisers to a political office-holder

kitchen Dutch or kitchen Kaffir noun (obs S Afr)

A mixture of Dutch or Kaffir with English, used in speaking to native servants

kitchˈen-fee noun (obsolete)

The fat that falls from meat in roasting, a perquisite of the cook

kitchen furniture noun

1. The furniture of a kitchen
2. The percussion instruments of an orchestra

kitchen garden noun

A garden where vegetables are cultivated for the kitchen

kitchen gardener noun

kitchˈen-knave noun (obsolete)

A scullion

kitchˈen-maid noun

A maid or servant whose work is in the kitchen

kitchen midden noun

(Dan kjökkenmödding) a domestic rubbish heap found on an archaeological site

kitchen physic noun (Milton)

Feeding up

kitchen police plural noun (US milit sl)

Soldiers detailed to help with kitchen duties, esp as a punishment

kitchˈen-range noun

An old-fashioned kitchen grate with oven, boiler, etc attached, for cooking

kitchen-sinkˈ adjective

(of plays, etc) dealing with banal or sordid real-life situations

kitchˈen-stuff noun

1. Material used in kitchens
2. Kitchen refuse, esp fat from pots, etc

kitchen tea noun (Aust and NZ)

A bride's shower, the gifts being kitchen utensils, etc

kitchen unit noun

One of a set of fitted kitchen cupboards

kitcˈhenware noun

Pots, pans, bowls, gadgets, utensils, etc such as are used in the kitchen

kitchˈen-wench noun (Shakespeare)

A kitchen-maid

• anthropophagi
• anthropophagies
• anthropophaginian
• @
• 1,4-diaminobutane
• 1,4-dihydroxybenzene
• 1,4-dioxycyclohexane
• 2,6,8-trihydroxypurine
• 2B
• 2H
• 32-bit
• 3-D
• 3M
• 4 x 4
• a
• a'
• a-
• A
• A1
• aa
• AA
• AAA
• AAAS
• AAC
• AAEW