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kitchen
cupboard
blind/
window shade AmE
fish slice BrE/
slotted spatula AmE
can opener BrE/
tin opener AmE
tap/faucet AmE
microwave (oven)
liquidizer BrE/
blender
(electric)
mixer
sink
draining
board
freezer
dishwasher
tea towel/
dish towel
drawer
grill BrE/
broiler AmE
worktop
cooker/
stove AmE
scales BrE/
scale AmE
washing
machine/
washer AmE
waste
bin
oven
fridge/
refrigerator
stool
breadboard
kettle
toaster
or using a CREDIT CARD when one does not have the money
in the bank to cover the payment: One member kited 996
checks totaling $251,000.
Kit-E-Kat /'kɪtɪkæt/ trademark a type of cat food, sold in cans
in the UK
kite-mark /'kaɪtmɑːk||-mɑːrk/ n a special mark put on
many kinds of goods in Britain to show that they meet the
safety standards of the British Standards Institution
kith and kin /ˌkɪθ ən ˈkɪn/ n [P] people of one's own family,
country etc: You can't refuse to help them; they're your own
kith and kin.
Kit-Kat /'kɪtkæt/ trademark a type of chocolate bar made of
either two or four long, thin WAFERS joined together by, and
covered with, chocolate. There is a well-known British adver-
tisement that uses the phrase 'Have a break, have a Kit-Kat'.
kitsch /kɪtʃ/ n [U] derog popular decorative objects, writing
etc, that pretend to be art but are silly and worthless: She's
decorated her flat with all kinds of plastic kitsch. | His new
film is pure kitsch. —y adj
kit-ten /'kɪtn/ n 1 a young cat 2 have kittens infml to be very
nervous and anxious: I thought she was going to have kittens
when I told her the job would be late.
kit-ten-ish /'kɪtn-ɪʃ/ adj often derog (especially of a woman)
playful like a kitten, especially so as to attract sexual atten-
tion —ly adv
kit-ti-wake /'kɪtɪweɪk/ n a kind of GULL (=a seabird) with
long wings
kit-ty¹ /'kɪti/ n 1 (in some card games) an amount of money
collected from all the players at the beginning and taken by
the winner 2 infml a sum of money collected by a group of
people, and used for an agreed purpose: All the prize money
won by individual players goes into the team's kitty.
kitty² n (used, especially by children, for calling or talking to) a
cat or KITTEN: 'Here, kitty kitty,' called the little girl.
'kitty-corner also catty-corner adv AmE infml diagonally
(DIAGONAL) across the street from the stated place (usually a
corner): There's a drugstore kitty-corner from the bank. | I live
kitty-corner from/to the school.
'Kitty Hawk the place in North Carolina, in the US, where
the WRIGHT brothers made the world's first successful flight
in a plane in 1903
Ki-wa-nis, the /kɪ'wɔːnɪz/ a US organization whose mem-
bers work together to support their local areas, especially by
doing CHARITY work. The Kiwanis have clubs all over the US,
especially in small towns. A member of the club is called a
Kiwani.
ki-wi /'kiːwiː/ n 1 a New Zealand bird with very short wings
that cannot fly 2 slang (usually cap.) a New Zealander
'kiwi fruit n a small fruit with a brown skin and green flesh,
popular in fruit SALADS and DESSERTS
KKK, the /ˌkeɪ keɪ ˈkeɪ/ abbrev. for KU KLUX KLAN
klatch /klætʃ/ n → see COFFEE KLATCH
klax-on /'klæksən/ n a very loud, usually electric, horn, used,
especially formerly, on motor vehicles
Kleen-ex /'kliːneks/ trademark a type of soft, thin paper used
as a HANDKERCHIEF for drying your nose or eyes. The word is
often used, especially in the US, for any kind of TISSUE: Do
you have a Kleenex/any Kleenex?
Klein, Calvin /klaɪn/ (1942–) a US fashion designer known
especially for the underwear that he designs and for his
CASUAL (=informal) clothes for young people, which have
the letters 'CK' printed on them. His company also produces
PERFUMES for men and women.
klep·to·ma·ni·a /ˌkleptəˈmeɪniə/ n [U] a disease of the
mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal