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kitchen police

kitch·en po·lice
K k

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kich-uh n puh-lees]
    • /ˈkɪtʃ ən pəˈlis/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kich-uh n puh-lees]
    • /ˈkɪtʃ ən pəˈlis/

Definitions of kitchen police words

  • noun kitchen police soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties. 1
  • noun kitchen police duty as assistant to the cooks. Abbreviation: K.P. 1
  • noun plural kitchen police soldiers who have been detailed to work in the kitchen, esp as a punishment 0
  • noun kitchen police soldiers detailed to assist the cooks in an army kitchen 0
  • noun kitchen police this duty; KP 0

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Origin of kitchen police

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Kitchen police

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

kitchen police popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

kitchen police usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for kitchen police

noun kitchen police

  • body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
  • duty — something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
  • force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • army — An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
  • assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.

Antonyms for kitchen police

noun kitchen police

  • whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
  • spirit — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.

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