kitchen-sink

kitch·en-sink

K k

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kich-uh n singk]
- /ˈkɪtʃ ən sɪŋk/
- /ˈkɪtʃɪn sɪŋk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kich-uh n singk]
- /ˈkɪtʃ ən sɪŋk/

Definitions of kitchen-sink word

adjective kitchen-sink marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking. 1
noun kitchen-sink the final item imaginable on any extensive list of usually disparate items: He packed everything for his trip except the kitchen sink. 1

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Origin of kitchen-sink

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Kitchen-sink

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Kitchen-sink

kitchen-sink popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.