kitchen

As noun

a room or place equipped for cooking

culinary department; cuisine:This restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen

the staff or equipment of a kitchen

As adjective

of, relating to, or designed for use in a kitchen:kitchen window; kitchen curtains

employed in or assigned to a kitchen:kitchen help

of or resembling a pidginized language, especially one used for communication between employers and servants or other employees who do not speak the same language

design

As verb (used with object)

to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of:to design a new bridge

to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully

to intend for a definite purpose:a scholarship designed for foreign students

to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan:The prisoner designed an intricate escape

to assign in thought or intention; purpose:He designed to be a doctor

Obsolete

to mark out, as by a sign; indicate

As verb (used without object)

to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans

to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc

As noun

an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed

organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition

the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc

; the pattern or motif of artistic work:the design on a bracelet

the art of designing:a school of design

a plan or project:a design for a new process

a plot or intrigue, especially an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one:His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him

designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives:He had designs on his partner's stock

intention; purpose; end

adaptation of means to a preconceived end

small

As adjective, smaller, smallest

of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little:a small box

slender, thin, or narrow:a small waist

not large as compared with others of the same kind:a small elephant

(of letters) lowercase (def )

not great in amount, degree, extent, duration, value, etc

:a small salary

not great numerically:a small army

of low numerical value; denoted by a low number

having but little land, capital, power, influence, etc

, or carrying on business or some activity on a limited scale:a small enterprise

of minor importance, moment, weight, or consequence:a small problem

humble, modest, or unpretentious:small circumstances

characterized by or indicative of littleness of mind or character; mean-spirited; petty:a small, miserly man

of little strength or force:a small effort

(of sound or the voice) gentle; with little volume

very young:when I was a small boy

diluted; weak

As adverb, smaller, smallest

in a small manner:They talked big but lived small

into small pieces:Slice the cake small

in low tones; softly

As noun

something that is small:Do you prefer the small or the large?

a small or narrow part, as of the back

those who are small:Democracy benefits the great and the small

smalls, small goods or products

smalls, British

underclothes

household linen, as napkins, pillowcases, etc

smalls, British Informal

the responsions at Oxford University

smalls, Mining

coal, ore, gangue, etc

, in fine particles

As Idioms

feel small, to be ashamed or mortified:Her unselfishness made me feel small

spaces

As noun

the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur

the portion or extent of this in a given instance; extent or room in three dimensions:the space occupied by a body

extent or area in two dimensions; a particular extent of surface:to fill out blank spaces in a document

Fine Arts

the designed and structured surface of a picture: In Mondrian's later work he organized space in highly complex rhythms

the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface

outer space

deep space

a seat, berth, or room on a train, airplane, etc

a place available for a particular purpose:a parking space

linear distance; a particular distance:trees separated by equal spaces

Mathematics

a system of objects with relations between the objects defined

extent, or a particular extent, of time:a space of two hours

an interval of time; a while:After a space he continued his story

an area or interval allowed for or taken by advertising, as in a periodical, on the radio, etc

Music

the interval between two adjacent lines of the staff

an interval or blank area in text:a space between the letters

Printing

one of the blank pieces of metal, less than type-high, used to separate words, sentences, etc

Telegraphy

an interval during the transmitting of a message when the key is not in contact

radio or television broadcast time allowed or available for a program, advertisement, etc

freedom or opportunity to express oneself, resolve a personal difficulty, be alone, etc

; allowance, understanding, or noninterference:Right now, you can help by giving me some space

As verb (used with object), spaced, spacing

to fix the space or spaces of; divide into spaces

to set some distance apart

Printing, Writing

to separate (words, letters, or lines) by spaces

to extend by inserting more space or spaces (usually followed by out)

As adjective

of, relating to, or concerned with outer space or deep space:a space mission

designed for or suitable to use in the exploration of outer space or deep space:space tools; specially packaged space food for astronauts