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kitchen

kitchen

57 9.9
A secret place where people make illegal drugs
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪtʃən/
  • NSFW
translation icon : cocina clandestina
  • He was arrested after a tip-off led detectives to a drug kitchen in his basement.

And so are all of the people of the night he's partying with, like within the first day, there's a cock in your kitchen cooking up crack.

Examples

  • The police raided a hidden kitchen where they found drugs being manufactured.

  • We got some hard stuff in the kitchen, though.

  • I had two bags of grass in this kitchen.

  • We have a stash in the kitchen.

  • Then there was this fishbowl in the kitchen that was full of joints, pills, and blotter acid.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • She comes home from a hard day's work, finds a bunch of gangsters in her kitchen... doing a bunch of gangster shit... there ain't no tellin' what she's liable to do.

  • They converted an old garage into a makeshift kitchen for their secret operation.

Idioms

A way to say there are almost all things you can think of

Almost everything possible is present, even things you do not need

Compounds

74 1.0

A table in a kitchen used for eating or working

33 1.6

A place that gives free hot meals to people who are poor or homeless

9 1.0

A large basin with a tap in a kitchen used for washing dishes

A machine used in the kitchen to prepare food, like a microwave or blender

5 1.6

A cupboard in a kitchen for storing dishes and food

A neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City now known for restaurants and nightlife

A tool like a spoon or knife that people use in the kitchen to prepare food

A counter in a kitchen that you can walk around and use for cooking or eating

kitchen sink
  • Informal
2 4.2

A very large number of things, often including items that are not needed

1 2.6

A small area near a house where people grow vegetables and herbs for the home

kitchen maid
  • Archaic
1 3.2

A woman who helps cook and clean in the kitchen of a large house

A kitchen appliance with hot burners on top and an oven below for cooking food

1 2.5

A person who helps in a restaurant kitchen with preparing food and cleaning

kitchen match
  • Archaic
1 2.7

A wooden match you can strike on any rough surface to light stoves

1 2.4

A large appliance that has burners on top and an oven for cooking food

kitchen cabinet
  • Literature
5.2

Close advisers who help a leader but are not official ministers

kitchen midden
  • Specialized
9.9

A heap of old shells, bones, and kitchen waste from people long ago

kitchen pass
  • Jargon
7.9

Permission to stop cooking for a short time, often said as a joke

6.5

A military person who helps cook and clean in the kitchen

A software bug that affects many parts after a code change

Surface Forms

kitchen singular
kitchens plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the slang use of kitchen is to think of people 'cooking' drugs in a secret room. That's why kitchen can mean a hidden lab where illegal drugs are made.