- a room or part of a building equipped for preparing and cooking food
- (as modifier): a kitchen table
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
kitch•en /ˈkɪtʃən/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- 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.
kitch•en
(kich′ən),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
kitch′en•less, adj.
kitch′en•y, adj.
- 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
kitch′en•y, adj.
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kitchen /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ n
'kitchen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adjourn
- aluminium
- blender
- but
- cuisine
- culinary
- cum
- dishtowel
- dishwater
- dream
- eggbeater
- fitted
- galley
- grater
- hatch
- kiln
- kitset
- kitchen cabinet
- kitchenette
- kitchen garden
- kitchen midden
- kitchen police
- kitchen sink
- kitchen tea
- kitchenware
- liquidizer
- midden
- mixer
- pewter
- re-creation
- scullery
- scullion
- self-contained
- send
- Sendak
- sink
- slop
- slushy
- sort out
- soup kitchen
- swill
- tea towel
- worktop
- zester
- altogether
- appliance
- applicance garage
- apron
- backsplash
- battel