n. [ OE. kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS. cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to culina a kitchen, fr. coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine. ] 1. A room equipped for cooking food; the room of a house, restaurant, or other building appropriated to cookery. [ 1913 Webster ] Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The staff that works in a kitchen. [ PJC ]
Kitchen garden. See under Garden. --
Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [ Obs. ] “A brazen tub of kitchen lee.” Ford. --
Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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