— kitchenless , adj. — kitcheny , adj.
/kich"euhn/ , n.
1. a room or place equipped for cooking.
2. culinary department; cuisine: This restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen.
3. the staff or equipment of a kitchen.
adj.
4. of, pertaining to, or designed for use in a kitchen: kitchen window; kitchen curtains.
5. employed in or assigned to a kitchen: kitchen help.
6. of or resembling a pidginized language, esp. one used for communication between employers and servants or other employees who do not speak the same language.
[ bef. 1000; ME kichene, OE cycene coquina, equiv. to coqu ( ere ) to cook + -ina -INE 1 ; cf. CUISINE ]