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noun
A commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
Qualifier: appliance
Topics: business, cooking, food, lifestyle
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Synonyms: ghost kitchen, ghost restaurant, cloud kitchen
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, kitchen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From dark (“unknown, hidden”) + kitchen (“food production center”). Formed in analogy to the term dark store (“online retail distribution center”), as this type of operation likewise serves outside customers through online ordering.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
