noun · informal
kitchen
/ˈkɪtʃən/KITCH·en
Band 4-5speakingtask2
the room in a house where food is prepared and cooked
Examples
“We always eat breakfast in the kitchen.”
“The apartment has a small but modern kitchen.”
“I left my phone on the kitchen table.”
Band 8 sentence
“The flat comes with a compact but well-equipped kitchen, which makes cooking at home much more convenient.”
Collocations
- fully equipped kitchen
- open-plan kitchen
- kitchen table
Word family
kitchenette nounkitchenware noun
Common mistakes
I cooked in kitchen.→I cooked in the kitchen.
I work as a kitchen.→I work in the kitchen.
We have one kitchen and two livingrooms.→We have one kitchen and two living rooms.
Say it for a higher band
5cookroom→6kitchen room→7+kitchen
Synonyms
cooking area
galley
Easily confused
cooker
“She cleaned the cooker after making dinner.”
stove
“He turned on the stove to boil some water.”
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