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kich-i-NET/ˌkɪtʃɪˈnet/

A kitchenette is a very small kitchen squeezed along a wall: hob, sink, maybe a microwave, typical of a bedsit, studio, or hotel room. A kitchen is a full room; a kitchenette is compact. Countable. Not a toy kitchen.

Meaning

A very small kitchen, often in a studio, hotel room, or office.

Examples

• “The bedsit has a kitchenette along one wall with a hob and a sink.”
• “The kitchenette has no oven, only a hob and a kettle.”
• “We cooked pasta in the kitchenette and ate it on the sofa bed.”

Good to know

a kitchenette. Contrast: a kitchen (full room) / a hob (just the cooker top). bedsits, studios, hotels.

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