Kitchen-sink Definition

kichənsiŋk
adjective
Showing a lack of discriminating thought or careful planning; random; indiscriminate.
A sitcom with a kitchen-sink series of subplots.
Webster's New World
Portraying life, esp. domestic situations, with realism that emphasizes the negative or sordid aspects.
Webster's New World
noun

Used other than as an idiom: see kitchen,‎ sink. A sink in a kitchen used for washing dishes and preparing food.

The kitchen sink was piled high with dirty dishes.
Wiktionary
(idiomatic) A miscellany or a miscellaneous item.
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Other Word Forms of Kitchen-sink

Noun

Singular:
kitchen-sink
Plural:
kitchen-sinks

Origin of Kitchen-sink

  • Probably from everything but the kitchen sink

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Kitchen-sink Sentence Examples

  • Katie was peeling potatoes at the kitchen sink and Carmen was holding Destiny, watching her.

  • Rolling up his shirtsleeves, he washed his hands in the kitchen sink.

  • He decided on kitchen sink soup—four night's leftovers stewed with a couple of cloves of garlic for a kicker.

  • Billy H was a great frontman, and their songs were filled with grim, gritty minutiae; proper little kitchen sink dramas.

  • Baby travel overseas means you may feel like you've packed everything but the kitchen sink!

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