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kitchen
What does kitchen mean?
kitchen (noun): a room or area for preparing food.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce kitchen?
/ˈkɪtʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does kitchen come from?
From Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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