kitchen

1. kitchen (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A room or area for preparing food.

Example: We cook in the kitchen.

2. kitchen (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Cuisine; style of cooking.

Example: I had been trained with the rigidity and discipline of the French kitchen, and now I was embracing American informality.

3. kitchen (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.

4. kitchen (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To do kitchen work; to prepare food.

Example: A dress scarcely suited to woodland kitchening was defended by an apron borrowed from the maid.

5. kitchen (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.

Example: I have found it so, for whenever I saw the meal and potatoes running low, I spared them, and kitchened them all I could, and never was run out of them till the new came in.

6. kitchen (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To embellish; to dress up.

Example: His Maker has not so endowed him as to lay him under the necessity of kitchening, so to speak, a slender share of talent, and, by rigid economy, make it go as far as possible.