field kitchen

noun

A mobile kitchen used to provision personnel on or near the site of a military operation.

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Meanings

nounfield kitchen (plural field kitchens)

plural field kitchens

  1. A mobile kitchen used to provision personnel on or near the site of a military operation.

    I went back to the major's dugout and he said the field kitchen would be along and the drivers could come and get their stew.

    1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 53

Translations

Danish feltkøkken
  • feltkøkkenmobile kitchen
Dutch veldkeuken
  • veldkeukenmobile kitchen
Finnish kenttäkeittiö
  • kenttäkeittiömobile kitchen
French cuisine de campagne
  • cuisine de campagnemobile kitchen
German Feldküche
  • Feldküchemobile kitchen
Hungarian tábori konyha
  • tábori konyhamobile kitchen
Polish kuchnia polowa
  • kuchnia polowamobile kitchen
Romanian bucătărie rulantă, bucătărie de campanie
  • bucătărie rulantămobile kitchen
  • bucătărie de campaniemobile kitchen
Russian полева́я ку́хня
  • полева́я ку́хня (polevája kúxnja)mobile kitchen
Swedish fältkök
  • fältkökmobile kitchen
Turkish saha mutfağı
  • saha mutfağımobile kitchen
Ukrainian польова́ ку́хня
  • польова́ ку́хня (polʹová kúxnja)mobile kitchen
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APA

field kitchen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20kitchen

MLA

“field kitchen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20kitchen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field kitchen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20kitchen.

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