noun

• (by extension) Cuisine; style of cooking.
  "I had been trained with the rigidity and discipline of the French kitchen, and now I was embracing American informality."
• (chiefly African-American Vernacular) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
• (music) The percussion section of an orchestra.
  "For obvious reasons the percussion is normally arranged along the back of the platform, whether centrally or to one side, and sometimes also in two tiers, the heavy, noisier instruments behind, and the pitched, agile instruments such as vibraphone, marimba, etc. in front. An outstanding exception, however, exists in Roberto Gerhard's Epithalamion where the composer expressly desired that the all-important kitchen department be spread out in front of the strings and hence nearest the audience."
• (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.
  "There are two modes of roasting: One is to use a tin kitchen before an open fire, and the other, and more common way, is to use a hot oven."

verb

• (by extension) To embellish; to dress up.
  "His Maker has not so endowed him as to lay him under the necessity of kitchening, so to speak, a slender share of talent, and, by rigid economy, make it go as far as possible."