Sekirov Dictionary

kitchen

UK /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)n/US /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/

noun 9
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 2

noun9

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a room or an area where people cook and get food ready to eat
- We cook in the kitchen.
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Cuisine; style of cooking.
- I had been trained with the rigidity and discipline of the French kitchen, and now I was embracing American informality. — 2011
The percussion section of an orchestra.
(slang) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
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[before a noun] A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.
- Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough. — 1885
The region of a billiard table between the head rail and the head string.
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(slang) A public gaming room in a casino.
- 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" […] — 1925
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(old-fashioned) A utensil for roasting meat.
- 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. — 1897
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(no longer used) Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.; a condiment.
- Snouk but and snouk ben, / I find the smell of an earthly man; / Be he living, or be he dead, / His heart shall be kitchen to my bread. — 1890

verb3

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To do kitchen work; to prepare food.
- A dress scarcely suited to woodland kitchening was defended by an apron borrowed from the maid. — 1842
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To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.
- I have found it so, for whenever I saw the meal and potatoes running low, I spared them, and kitchened them all I could, and never was run out of them till the new came in. — 1817
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To embellish; to dress up.
- His Maker has not so endowed him as to lay him under the necessity of kitchening, so to speak, a slender share of talent, and, by rigid economy, make it go as far as possible. — 1830

forms

kitchened · kitchening · kitchens

Phrases with kitchen

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