kitchen help
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈkɪtʃən hɛlp/
:
ayudante de cocina
- Several kitchen help are needed to assist with the meal preparation for the event.
Examples
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The restaurant is hiring more kitchen help to manage the growing customer demand.
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"I was stunned to see the same man... "speaking with the kitchen help.
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The kitchen help, maids, they love him.
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The guards wore suits; the maid and the kitchen help wore uniforms.
Fiction book (2001) -
The major costs were the kitchen help and the teacher aides monitoring the cafeterias.
Blog text (26) -
Jose was kitchen help, so Susann didn't see him that much.
Fiction book (1996) -
She was just the next-door lady's kitchen help.
Fiction book (2001) -
As the dinner rush started, the kitchen help quickly prepared the dishes for the tables.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person hired to do work in a home or restaurant
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1.1
A person who washes plates and pans in a restaurant or kitchen
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3.2
A woman who helps cook and clean in the kitchen of a large house
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'people employed to assist with kitchen tasks' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'kitchen' (the place where food is prepared) with 'help' (assistants or staff). This noun+ noun compounding is a common, literal compositional pattern in English and many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Kitchen help comes from the simple picture of people who work in the kitchen to help by doing small jobs like washing dishes and cutting vegetables. So kitchen help means 'people paid to help' with routine kitchen tasks.