kitchen sink

noun

the final item imaginable on any extensive list of usually disparate items: He packed everything for his trip except the kitchen sink.

Origin of kitchen sink

1870–75, for literal sense

Words nearby kitchen sink

kitchen kaffir, kitchenmaid, kitchen match, kitchen midden, kitchen police, kitchen sink, kitchen tea, kitchenware, kite, kite fighting, kiteflying

Definition for kitchen sink (2 of 2)

kitchen-sink

[ kich-uhn-singk ]

/ ˈkɪtʃ ənˈsɪŋk /

adjective

marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.

Origin of kitchen-sink

First recorded in 1940–45

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Example sentences from the Web for kitchen sink

According to one person with knowledge of the matter, the bad bank will likely be one aspect of a “kitchen-sink approach.”
Stop Bashing Wall Street!|Charlie Gasparino|February 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The kitchen-sink arrangements are not altogether satisfactory.
Convenient Houses|Louis Henry Gibson
Am I nothing but a dust-bin or kitchen-sink for other people's troubles?
More Trivia|Logan Pearsall Smith
The foul odors of the kitchen-sink added to the night of horrors.
The Best Short Stories of 1919|Various

British Dictionary definitions for kitchen sink

kitchen sink

noun

a sink in a kitchen for washing dishes, vegetables, etc

everything but the kitchen sink everything that can be conceived of

(modifier) denoting a type of drama or painting of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	kitchen sink
释义	kitchen sink noun the final item imaginable on any extensive list of usually disparate items: He packed everything for his trip except the kitchen sink. Origin of kitchen sink 1870–75, for literal sense Words nearby kitchen sink kitchen kaffir, kitchenmaid, kitchen match, kitchen midden, kitchen police, kitchen sink, kitchen tea, kitchenware, kite, kite fighting, kiteflying Definition for kitchen sink (2 of 2) kitchen-sink [ kich-uhn-singk ] / ˈkɪtʃ ənˈsɪŋk / adjective marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking. Origin of kitchen-sink First recorded in 1940–45 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kitchen sink According to one person with knowledge of the matter, the bad bank will likely be one aspect of a “kitchen-sink approach.” Stop Bashing Wall Street!\|Charlie Gasparino\|February 2, 2009\|DAILY BEAST The kitchen-sink arrangements are not altogether satisfactory. Convenient Houses\|Louis Henry Gibson Am I nothing but a dust-bin or kitchen-sink for other people's troubles? More Trivia\|Logan Pearsall Smith The foul odors of the kitchen-sink added to the night of horrors. The Best Short Stories of 1919\|Various British Dictionary definitions for kitchen sink kitchen sink noun a sink in a kitchen for washing dishes, vegetables, etc everything but the kitchen sink everything that can be conceived of (modifier) denoting a type of drama or painting of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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