noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)ndəm/
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General-American:/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˌdəm/
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noun
Meaning 1
The domain of the kitchen or people who work there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From kitchen + -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
кухненско пространство
(kuhnensko prostranstvo)
— domain of the kitchen or people who work there
Finnish:
keittiö
— domain of the kitchen or people who work there
Macedonian:
ку́јна
(kújna)
— domain of the kitchen or people who work there