kitchen sink
9
1.0
- noun
- /ˈkɪtʃən sɪŋk/
:
fregadero
- It's after dinner, and I am at the kitchen sink, ostensibly doing dishes.
- wash the kitchen sink
- standing at the kitchen sink
- kitchen sink and faucet
So I always wash my face at my kitchen sink at night.
- So I always wash my face at my kitchen sink at night.
- She had a cup sitting on the kitchen sink.
- He's repairing a sink, repairs the kitchen sink.
- It's, it's more difficult from an engineering perspective than than turning off your, your kitchen sink, for example.
Examples
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Startled, Mandy looked over to find Eric at the kitchen sink, rinsing off a plate.
Fiction book (1998) -
After preparing dinner, I always wash the dishes at the kitchen sink.
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If you need running water, you can get that at the kitchen sink.
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Let me use your kitchen sink.
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You can use the kitchen sink.
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There is a window above the kitchen sink out to the fire escape.
Fiction book (1997) -
So I always wash my face at my kitchen sink at night.
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Consuelo picked up the bottle, went to the kitchen sink, and filled a glass with water.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bill remained awhile, leaning over the kitchen sink, looking out into the yard.
Fiction book (1995) -
The dishes are piling up and molding over in the kitchen sink again.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
A fixed basin in a kitchen or bathroom for washing dishes and hands
How Big
9
1.0
- US
7
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The idiomatic sense of 'kitchen sink' (as in 'everything but the kitchen sink') is not compositionally predictable from the literal meanings of 'kitchen' and 'sink'; the phrase signals an exhaustive or excessive assortment through conventionalized usage rather than transparent combination. This cultural/idiomatic extension would not be reliably inferred by a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words, so it is opaque.
Etymology
Kitchen sink is the large basin in a kitchen where you wash dishes and food; think of a deep sink under the kitchen tap where dirty plates pile up, so the phrase simply names that object.