noun
kitchen
KICH-in/ˈkɪtʃɪn/
A place or operation where food is prepared and cooked.
A pot simmers beside chopped vegetables in the kitchen.
Etymology
Old English cycene already named a cooking room. Its probable connection with Latin coquina, formed from the word for a cook, links the room's name to the work done there.
In context
the kitchen it's a very much a gathering area If you need to get the dirty dishes out of the way
More examples
- Our kitchen is too small for a dining table.
- The restaurant hired another cook for its busy kitchen.
- Volunteers prepared hot meals in the community kitchen.
Forms
kitchen · kitchens
Similar words
- galley
- A compact kitchen on a ship or aircraft.
- cookhouse
- Usually a separate building used for preparing meals.