kitchens

Noun

kitchen (plural kitchens)

1. A room or area for preparing food.
   • We cook in the kitchen.
2. (broadly) Cuisine; style of cooking.
   • I had been trained with the rigidity and discipline of the French kitchen, and now I was embracing American informality.2011, Jacques Pépin, Essential Pépin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food, →ISBN
3. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
4. The percussion section of an orchestra.
   • For obvious reasons the percussion is normally arranged along the back of the platform, whether centrally or to one side, and sometimes also in two tiers, the heavy, noisier instruments behind, and the pitched, agile instruments such as vibraphone, marimba, etc. in front. An outstanding exception...1981, Norman Del Mar, Anatomy of the Orchestra
5. (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.
   • There are two modes of roasting: One is to use a tin kitchen before an open fire, and the other, and more common way, is to use a hot oven.1897, The Warm Springs Receipt-book, page 70
6. (attributive) A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.
   • Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines

See all 15 meanings of kitchen