English Online Dictionary. What means kitchen? What does kitchen mean?
English
Alternative forms
- kitchin (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English kychyn, kytchen, kichene, küchen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, a borrowing from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen; cuisine”), from coquō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).
In other languages, the cognate term often refers both to the room and the type of cooking. In English, the distinction is generally made via the etymological twins kitchen (“room”) (Latin via Germanic) and cuisine (“type of cooking”) (Latin via French).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/
- Rhymes: -ɪtʃɪn, -ɪtʃən
- Hyphenation: kit‧chen
Noun
kitchen (plural kitchens)
- A room or area for preparing food.
- (by extension) Cuisine; style of cooking.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
- (music) The percussion section of an orchestra.
- (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.
- (attributive) A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.
- (slang) A public gaming room in a casino.
- (obsolete) Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.; a condiment.
- The region of a billiard table between the head rail and the head string.
Usage notes
- (area for preparing food): A kitchen fruit, kitchen apple, or the like, or one good for the kitchen, is one suitable for use in prepared foods.
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Verb
kitchen (third-person singular simple present kitchens, present participle kitchening, simple past and past participle kitchened)
- To do kitchen work; to prepare food.
- To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.
- (by extension) To embellish; to dress up.
Anagrams
- Chetnik, chetnik, ethnick, thicken