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kitchen roll

kitchen roll noun: (a roll of) thick absorbent paper used especially in kitchens for wiping up spills etc.

Noun

kitchen roll (countable and uncountable, plural kitchen rolls)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) (a roll of) thick absorbent paper used especially in kitchens for wiping up spills etc.
    • Nigella suggests draining the grated carrot in kitchen roll before using it, to absorb the excess liquid – but in a more conventional recipe, this doesn't seem necessary.2012 March 15, Felicity Cloake, The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    paper towel

Synonyms of kitchen roll

Forms of kitchen roll

pluralkitchen rolls

Questions about kitchen roll

What does kitchen roll mean?
Kitchen roll means (a roll of) thick absorbent paper used especially in kitchens for wiping up spills etc.
What part of speech is kitchen roll?
Kitchen roll is a noun.
What is the plural of kitchen roll?
The plural of kitchen roll is kitchen rolls.

Words near kitchen roll in the dictionary

  1. kitchen middens
  2. kitchen paper
  3. kitchen papers
  4. kitchen pass
  5. kitchen passes
  6. kitchen roll
  7. kitchen rolls
  8. kitchen salt
  9. kitchen sign
  10. kitchen sink
  11. kitchen sink drama

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