kitchen

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English cycene, from a Germanic borrowing of vulgar Latin cucīna, from coquere ‘to cook’. Cognate with Dutch keuken, German Küche, Swedish kök.

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Singular
kitchen

Plural
kitchens

kitchen (plural kitchens)

  1. A room or area for preparing food.
  2. An admixture of languages spoken to convey meaning between non-native speakers.
    • Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines 1886: Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.
  3. African American slang for the nape of a persons hair line, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look
  4. cuisine

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