kitchennoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɪtʃ.ən/us/ˈkɪtʃ.ən/A1 a room where food is kept, prepared, and cooked and where the dishes are washed:
We usually eat breakfast in the kitchen.
the kitchen table
a new fitted kitchen (= cupboards that look the same attached to the walls and floor in the kitchen)
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- The delicious smell of freshly-made coffee came from the kitchen.
- "Would you mind tidying up the kitchen?" "I already have done."
- Our washing machine broke down yesterday and flooded the kitchen.
- He was busy peeling apples in the kitchen.
- There's plenty of cupboard space in the kitchen for all your pots and pans.
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- en suite
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- gymnasium
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- rumpus room
- snug
- vault
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