kitchendom en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˌdəm/ (General-American)
- /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)ndəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From kitchen + -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).
Meanings
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(dated, uncountable) The domain of the kitchen or people who work there.
What knowest thou of flowers, except, belike / To garnish meats with? hath not our good King / Who lent me thee, the flower of kitchendom, / A foolish love of flowers?
1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:
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Translations (3)
fi keittiö (domain of the kitchen or people who work there) · bg кухненско пространство (domain of the kitchen or people who work there) · mk ку́јна (domain of the kitchen or people who work there)