单词 | kitchenette |
释义 | kitchenetten. Chiefly U.S. 1. A small kitchen; an alcove or part of a room equipped with kitchen facilities.In quot. 1870 in a war correspondent's report, in contrast to later use mainly in descriptions of domestic amenities. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking establishment or kitchen > [noun] kitcheneOE kitchie1538 cookhouse1563 cookery1572 out-kitchen1590 cook-room1602 cook-room1606 cookshop1857 kitchenette1870 1870 Times 2 Sept. 7/4 At Vaucouleurs fier Engländer were billeted on a poor tradesman who had only one small room, with one bed in it, and a stone dungeon of a kitchenette. 1903 Boston Sunday Globe 16 Aug. 16/2 (advt.) Suites of 2 rooms, kitchenette and bath, open plumbing, steam heat, continuous hot water. 1909 N.Y. Times 9 May 12/2 The building will have five apartments on a floor, including one batchelor suite of living room, bedroom, bathroom, and kitchenette. 1934 Archit. Rev. 75 45/1 (caption) Kitchenette with gas-ring, sink, drying-rack. 1960 Times 25 Feb. 1/3 Bed-sitter, with kitchenette, in private house Kensington. 2010 J. Neuharth Kill lxxxiii. 283 A closet-sized kitchenette was tucked into the corner. 2. Especially in Chicago: a flat or apartment having kitchen facilities provided within the main living room; esp. a small rented apartment of this type, typically consisting of one or two rooms with access to shared bathroom facilities, often associated with overcrowding and urban slum conditions.Apartments of this type were often created by landlords by subdividing a larger property, with a view to maximizing its rental income. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of studio flat1882 studio apartment1884 mansard1886 penthouse1892 single end1897 walk-up1907 railroad flat1908 simplex1912 service flat1913 studio1918 kitchenette1920 duplex1922 garden flat1922 flatlet1925 show flat1929 quadruplex1939 council flat1941 garden apartment1942 walk-back1945 multilevel1959 tower apartment1961 condominium1962 triplex1962 condo1984 1920 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 26 Feb. 6/1 All these kitchenettes are sparingly furnished, interior decorations are in sorry repair, with the wall paper hanging loose in many places. 1941 R. Wright 12 Million Black Voices iii. 106 Sometimes five or six of us live in a one-room kitchenette. 2003 Chicago Independent Bull. 30 Jan. 4 Another unique feature of the kitchenette was the ‘closeness’; there were six rooms and six families on each floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870 |
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