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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While it is prized in the kitchen, it may not remain contained once introduced outdoors.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

"There was a huge, gaping hole in the garden where the kitchen was supposed to go and the back of the house was at risk of collapse."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

At the time, the unit had three wood-burning fireplaces, 21 closets, a private elevator, a chef’s kitchen, a private library, and a formal dining room.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Upstate, I love cooking in the kitchen or being out in our fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Betsie had long since moved into Tante Jans’s little sleeping cubicle where she would be nearer the kitchen and the doorbell.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom