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Kitchen

1. A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery. Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot. (Dryden) A fat kitchen makes a lean will. (Franklin)

2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. Kitchen garden. See garden. Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. a brazen tub of kitchen lee. . Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans.

Origin: oe. Kichen, kichene, kuchene, as. Cycene, L. Coquina, equiv. To culina a kitchen, fr. Coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr. Coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine.


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What is this bug?

... this question is relevant to this board. I know insect studies fall under Entomology. But there is no such category here. It is mainly seen in my kitchen, but also in my bathroom. The length is about 1 centimeter (see the link above for the photo). There is a white line in the front part of the ...

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by ybchongzi
Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:30 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
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What Is Petroleum

... home is understanding the process. Once you understands the facets of production, then you need to find out if you have a source of either waste kitchen grease or raw vegetable oil that is cheaper than the present diesel prices. It shouldn't be difficult to find oil to convert into biodiesel ...

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by HenrryWilson
Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:03 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Is Petroleum
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can a school boy do some genetic experiment?

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by Elersong
Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:23 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
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Are We Still Safe?

... and still at the present the issues are still part of our daily news. The issue on the presence of melamine (a substance used in manufacturing kitchen wares) in the food that we eat is still very alarming. Products mostly from China were carefully examined for the presence of the said substance. ...

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by mcar
Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:01 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Are We Still Safe?
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Life Science

... stick with my other idea. I was thinking maybe i should use different stength magnets like a N40 neodymium magnet and a N48 magnet and a regular kitchen magnet. Also i was thinking of putting a fish block between 2 magnets and see how the fish react, also I was thinking of putting food in different ...

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by locobw
Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:45 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Life Science
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