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Language: Old English
Origin: cycene

kitchen

 noun
     
Related topics: House
kitch‧en S1 W2 [countable]
1DHH the room where you prepare and cook food:
Sam went into the kitchen to make a pot of tea.
She is in the kitchen making a meal.
2

everything but the kitchen sink

humorous used when someone has brought too many things with them
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