Kitchenette

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A kitchenette is a cooking area in motel and hotel rooms, small apartments, college dormitories, or office buildings. It usually consists of a small refrigerator, a microwave oven, a hotplate, and a sink. New York City Building Code defines a kitchenette as a kitchen of less than 7.4 m2 (80 ft2) of floor space.[1]

The term was coined in 1901 by Andrew J. Kerwin in the pages of The New Yorker magazine.[2] He used the diminutive -ette to indicate a small kitchen.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Department of Buildings. Interior Environment. New York City. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  2. ^ Editor (1938). Jottings. American Speech. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.