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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