Meanings
nounkitchendom (uncountable)
- dateduncountableThe domain of the kitchen or people who work there.First known use mid 19th c.
What knowest thou of flowers, except, belike / To garnish meats with? hath not our good King / Who lent me thee, the flower of kitchendom, / A foolish love of flowers?
1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79
Origin
From kitchen + -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кухненско пространство
- кухненско пространство (kuhnensko prostranstvo)domain of the kitchen or people who work there
Finnish keittiö
- keittiödomain of the kitchen or people who work there
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kitchendom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchendom
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“kitchendom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchendom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitchendom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchendom.
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