kitchen

[kich-uhn] / ˈkɪtʃ ən /

NOUN

room for cooking food

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gallery

STRONG

canteen cookery cookhouse cuisine galley kitchenette mess scullery

WEAK

cook's room eat-in

Example Sentences

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It was found in 2025, wrapped in paper and buried inside the kitchen wall of their former family home.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

I would stand in our kitchen at dusk, the marine layer settling in, peaceful as I loaded the dishwasher in a life I hadn’t necessarily seen for myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Those include a joint Terafab chip-making project, autonomous robotaxi services and humanoid robots that could eventually be useful both on factory floors and in the kitchen.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Every dinner service that I’m in the kitchen, I’m trying to impart whatever knowledge I have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

When Karli and I came downstairs into the kitchen for breakfast, Mutti had all the cases packed.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo