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

• at the expense of
• at the feet of
• at the first blush
• at the fore
• at the full
• at the hand of
• at the hands of
• at the head of the poll
• at the heels of
• at the instance of
• at the latest
• at the least
• at the mercy of
• at the most
• at the outside
• at the point of
• at the ready
• at the risk of
• at the same time
• at the sharp end
• at the slope
• at the time
• at the top of one's voice
• at the top of the tree
• at the uptak