Meaning of kitchen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable
2. A room or area for preparing food.
3. a room where food is cooked. A smell of burning was coming from the kitchen; (also adjective) a kitchen table. kombuis مَطْبَخ кухня, кухненски cozinha kuchyně die Küche; Küchen- køkken; køkken- κουζίναcocina köök آشپزخانه keittiö cuisineמטבח रसोईघर kuhinja konyha dapur eldhús cucina; da cucina 台所 부엌 virtuvė virtuve dapur keukenkjøkkenkuchnia پخلنځى cozinha bucătărie кухня; кухонныи kuchyňa; kuchynský kuhinja kuhinja kök ห้องครัว mutfak 廚房 кухня باورچی خانہ bếp 厨房
   also adjective
4. stove, cooker, range
5. A placename
   countable, uncountable
6. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio, United States
   countable, uncountable
7. Cuisine; style of cooking.
   broadly
8. a small kitchen. kombuisie مَطْبَخ صَغير бокс kitchenette kuchyňka die Kochnische tekøkken κουζινούλα cocina pequeña väike köök آشپزخانه کوچک keittokomero petite cuisine מטבחון छोटा रसोईघर kuhinjica teakonyha dapur kecil eldhúskrókur cucinino 小台所 간이 부엌 virtuvėlė virtuvīte; neliela virtuve dapur kecil keukentje kjøkkenkrok, tekjøkkenkuchenka وړكى پخلنځى kitchinette bu­cătărioară, chicinetă маленькая кухонька kuchynka čajna kuhinja kuhinjica kokvrå, pentry ห้องครัวเล็กๆ küçük mutfak 小廚房 невелич...
9. cuisine
10. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States
    countable, uncountable
11. The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
12. cocina.
13. back seats of a bus
14. Ellipsis of Kitchen Creek
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
15. The percussion section of an orchestra.
16. A room or an area equipped for preparing and cooking food.
17. third-person singular present indicative
18. Ellipsis of Kitchen Run
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
19. A utensil for roasting meat.
    dated
20. A style of cooking; cuisine: a restaurant with a fine French kitchen.
21. A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.
    attributive
22. A staff that prepares, cooks, and serves food.
23. A public gaming room in a casino.
    slang
24. a room or part of a building equipped for preparing and cooking food
25. Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.; a condiment.
    obsolete
26. a room or place equipped for cooking or preparing food.
27. The region of a billiard table between the head rail and the head string.
28. culinary department.
29. the staff or equipment of a kitchen.

Equivalents

Examples

“We cook in the kitchen.”

“Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”

“I always leave the stuff piled up, piled up in the sink / But you will always find him in the kitchen at parties”

“I had been trained with the rigidity and discipline of the French kitchen, and now I was embracing American informality.”

“My palate passionately lies in the savory kitchen with its salty fats and infernal flavors of chilies and spices.”

“Kline wrote that, according to various recent surveys, the young Israeli-born generation generally preferred a Mediterranean diet and dishes from the “Oriental” kitchen.”

“Named for the La Merced monastery, which was built in 1594 and on whose grounds the market is now located, it is just east of Mexico City's famed Zócalo plaza and is a must-visit for anyone wanting to experience the many delectable specialties of the Mexican kitchen.”

“For obvious reasons the percussion is normally arranged along the back of the platform, whether centrally or to one side, and sometimes also in two tiers, the heavy, noisier instruments behind, and the pitched, agile instruments such as vibraphone, marimba, etc. in front. An outstanding exception, however, exists in Roberto Gerhard's Epithalamion where the composer expressly desired that the all-important kitchen department be spread out in front of the strings and hence nearest the audience.”

“There are two modes of roasting: One is to use a tin kitchen before an open fire, and the other, and more common way, is to use a hot oven.”

“Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.”

“Having done what was required to gain admittance to the "kitchen," as the public rooms are termed, as well as to the more exclusive "Salle Privée" […]”

“But on this June evening when Bond walked through the 'kitchen' into the salle privée, it was with a sensation of confidence and cheerful anticipation that he changed a million francs into plaques of fifty mille and took a seat […]”

““They,” said he, meaning the collops, “are such as I gave his Royal Highness in this very house; bating the lemon juice, for at that time we were glad to get the meat and never fashed for kitchen. Indeed, there were mair dragoons than lemons in my country in the year forty-six.””

“Steve Kitchen was a fast-talking, enthusiastic entrepreneur who had developed a couple of successful Atari video games.”

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