kitchen

1. (by extension) Cuisine; style of cooking.Examples: "I had been trained with the rigidity and discipline of the French kitchen, and now I was embracing American informality."; "My palate passionately lies in the savory kitchen with its salty fats and infernal flavors of chilies and spices."; "Kline wrote that, according to various recent surveys, the young Israeli-born generation generally preferred a Mediterranean diet and dishes from the “Oriental” kitchen."broadly

2. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.

3. (music) The percussion section of an orchestra.Examples: "For obvious reasons the percussion is normally arranged along the back of the platform, whether centrally or to one side, and sometimes also in two tiers, the heavy, noisier instruments behind, and the pitched, agile instruments such as vibraphone, marimba, etc. in front. An outstanding exception, however, exists in Roberto Gerhard's Epithalamion where the composer expressly desired that the all-important kitchen department be spread out in front of the strings and hence nearest the audience."

4. (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.Examples: "There are two modes of roasting: One is to use a tin kitchen before an open fire, and the other, and more common way, is to use a hot oven."dated

5. (attributive) A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.Examples: "Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough."attributive

6. (slang) A public gaming room in a casino.Examples: "Having done what was required to gain admittance to the "kitchen," as the public rooms are termed, as well as to the more exclusive "Salle Privée" […]"; "But on this June evening when Bond walked through the 'kitchen' into the salle privée, it was with a sensation of confidence and cheerful anticipation that he changed a million francs into plaques of fifty mille and took a seat […]"slang