/ ˈkɪtʃɪn; NAmE / noun
a room in which meals are cooked or prepared :
She's in the kitchen.
We ate at the kitchen table.
—see also soup kitchen
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IDIOMS
- everything but the kitchen sink
—more at heat noun
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English cycene , of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch keuken and German Küche , based on Latin coquere to cook.