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KITCHEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room equipped for preparing meals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("kitchen" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kitchen"):

caboose; cookhouse; galley; ship's galley (the area for food preparation on a ship)

galley (the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner)

kitchenette (small kitchen)

Holonyms ("kitchen" is a part of...):

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

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 Context examples: 

But it can also happen in your kitchen if you leave food out for more than 2 hours at room temperature.

(Foodborne Illness, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

For example, tickets should not get in contact with food –for instance, meat or fish– while unpacking it in the kitchen.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)

Indeed, it seemed impossible for either of us to remain much longer in the house; the fall of coals in the kitchen grate, the very ticking of the clock, filled us with alarms.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“There is an axe in the theatre,” continued Poole; “and you might take the kitchen poker for yourself.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The English are excellent at a flat-iron or a kitchen poker, but anything more delicate is beyond them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"With dark narrow stairs and a kitchen that smokes, I suppose," said Elinor.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I think that the strange creature in the kitchen may account for it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We went round to the back of the house, where there was a kitchen window.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She went into the kitchen, but found no one.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I went into the kitchen, the butler’s pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and finally the dining-room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)