kitchenings
kitchenings is the plural of kitchening.
Meaning of kitchening
Noun
kitchening (countable and uncountable, plural kitchenings)
- Food preparation.
- There is a large open fireplace, and a good front piazza, to feet by 30, with a smaller porch in the rear, and an enclosed shed, for purposes of light kitchening.1901, Friends' Intelligencer and Journal - Volume 58, page 320
- The embellishment of basic food items.
- A pinch of salt was a basic kitchening, but a good meal offered that plus a drink and a bit of something else - the "sup" and the "bit."2011, John Thorne, Matt Lewis Thorne, Pot on the Fire: Further Confessions of a Renegade Cook, →ISBN
Noun
kitchenings pl (plural only)
- Scraps of food waste, especially that used for compost.
- 'Sister me, sister me," she said To John Annex, gardener and graveskeeper, Who carted the kitchenings to mulch the flowers.1972, Poet Lore - Volumes 67-68, page 116
- "Wild spores," Muncas added as if in explanation, wrapped a lump as large as his head in a cheesecloth, nodded at me, and carried his bundle to the kitchenings.1984, Rhoda Lerman, The Book of the Night, page 52
Questions about kitchenings
- What does kitchenings mean?
- Kitchenings means scraps of food waste, especially that used for compost.
- What is kitchenings the plural of?
- Kitchenings is the plural of kitchening.
- What part of speech is kitchenings?
- Kitchenings is a noun.
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