kitchen

kitchen
    n 1: a room equipped for preparing meals
    

Kitchen \Kitch"en\ (k[i^]ch"[e^]n), n. [OE. kichen, kichene,
   kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen,
   fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See
   {Cook} to prepare food, and cf. {Cuisine}.]
   1. A room equipped for cooking food; the room of a house,
      restaurant, or other building appropriated to cookery.
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            Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            A fat kitchen makes a lean will.      --Franklin.
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   2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
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   3. The staff that works in a kitchen.
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   {Kitchen garden}. See under {Garden}.

   {Kitchen lee}, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] "A brazen tub of
      kitchen lee." --Ford.

   {Kitchen stuff}, fat collected from pots and pans. --Donne.
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Kitchen \Kitch"en\, v. t.
   To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the
   kitchen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "kitchen":
      automat, bakehouse, bakery, beanery, bistro, buffet, buvette,
      caboose, cafe, cafeteria, camboose, canteen, cantina, chophouse,
      chuck wagon, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, cookery,
      cookhouse, cooking, cookroom, cookshack, cookshop, cuisine,
      culinary, diner, dining hall, dining room, dog wagon, drive-in,
      drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, fast-food chain, galley,
      grill, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery,
      hot-dog stand, kitchenette, larder, lunch counter, lunch wagon,
      luncheonette, lunchroom, mess hall, pantry, pizzeria,
      quick-lunch counter, restaurant, scullery, smoking room,
      smorgasbord, snack bar, storeroom, tavern, tearoom, trattoria