kitchen sink

1. A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.

   The kitchen sink was piled high with dirty dishes.

   Abwasch, Spülbecken

   a sink in a kitchen

2. (also, attributive, figuratively)A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.

   They threw the kitchen sink at the problem, but still couldn’t fix it.

   всякая всячинаvsjakaja vsjačina

3. (figuratively, metonymically)In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.

4. (figuratively, obsolete)A thing regarded as defiled due to corruption, immorality, etc.

1. The kitchen sink was full of dirty dishes.

   ruРаковина на кухне была полна грязной посуды. — marafon

   deDie Spüle in der Küche war voll schmutzigen Geschirrs. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom keeps the garbage bags under the kitchen sink.

   deTom bewahrt die Müllbeutel unter der Küchenspüle auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. Tom was standing in front of the kitchen sink.

   deTom stand vor der Küchenspüle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Tom put the dirty dishes in the kitchen sink.

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5. There was a half-eaten apple near the kitchen sink.

   ruРядом с раковиной на кухне лежало полусъеденное яблоко. — Ooneykcall

   deBei der Spüle in der Küche lag ein halb verzehrter Apfel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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