kitchenward

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adverb

Toward the kitchen.

“Feeling peckish, I made a foray kitchenward.”

OriginProto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English kitchen →
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Meanings

adverbkitchenward (not comparable)

alternative kitchenwards

  1. not comparableToward the kitchen.
  2. figurativelynot comparableToward food in general.

    My thoughts turned kitchenward as he spoke of his grandmother's recipes.

adjectivekitchenward (not comparable)

alternative kitchenwards

  1. not comparableTo the kitchen

    Feeling peckish, I made a foray kitchenward.

Origin

  1. Englishkitchen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. Englishkitchenward

From kitchen + -ward.

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APA

kitchenward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchenward

MLA

“kitchenward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchenward. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitchenward,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchenward.

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