GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Kitchen (kĭchˈĕn), 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, v. t. To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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