Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a room equipped for preparing meals;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kitchen \Kitch"en\, v. t.
To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the
kitchen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kitchen
n 1: a room equipped for preparing meals
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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