Kitchenette
Kitchenette
A Kitchenette (/kɪtʃɪˈnɛt/) is a small cooking area, which usually has a refrigerator and a microwave, but may have other appliances. In some motel and hotel rooms, small apartments, college dormitories, or office buildings, a kitchenette consists of a small refrigerator, a microwave oven, and sometimes a sink. New York City building code defines a kitchenette as a kitchen of less than 7.4 m² (80 ft²).
Etymology
The word kitchenette was first used in 1903. It is a diminutive form of the word kitchen, which comes from the Latin word coquina, meaning a place for cooking. The suffix "-ette" is used to indicate a smaller version of something, so a kitchenette is essentially a "little kitchen".
Related Terms
- Kitchen: A room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.
- Microwave: An appliance that uses microwave radiation to heat food.
- Refrigerator: An appliance used to keep food and drinks cool.
- Apartment: A self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building.
- Dormitory: A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.
- Office Building: A building designed to house offices where people work.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Kitchenette
- Wikipedia's article - Kitchenette
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