kitchen
To do kitchen work; to prepare foodTo do kitchen work; to prepare food.
Meaning
3 sensesTo do kitchen work; to prepare food.
To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.
(broadly)To embellish; to dress up.
Examples
1918 sentencesThey are talking in the kitchen.
Вони розмовляють на кухні. — deniko
ruОни разговаривают в столовой. — joulin
deSie unterhalten sich in der Küche. — freddy1
Just go back to the kitchen.
Просто повертайся на кухню. — deniko
ruПросто возвращайся обратно на кухню. — Olya
deGeh einfach wieder zurück in die Küche! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is alone in the kitchen.
Том сам на кухні. — deniko
ruТом один на кухне. — odexed
deTom ist allein in der Küche. — mervert1
Tom walked out of the kitchen.
Том вийшов із кухні. — deniko
ruТом вышел из кухни. — marafon
Tom is still in the kitchen.
Том все ще на кухні. — miketheknight
ruТом всё ещё на кухне. — odexed
deTom ist noch in der Küche. — wolfgangth
Origin
From Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West GermaFrom Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, a borrowing from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen; cuisine”), from coquō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).
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Forms
kitchens, kitchening, kitchened, kitchenedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Home and furniture — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- in the kitchen
- into the kitchen
- the kitchen floor
- clean the kitchen
- the kitchen table
- mopped the kitchen
- kitchen floor
- the kitchen to
- on the kitchen
- the kitchen cooking
- kitchen table
- kitchen washing dishes
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.