Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dark kitchen

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: dark- k-itchen
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, kitchen.

Example Sentences

"“We were using some of our restaurant kitchens, but are now investing into more delivery-only or ‘dark’ kitchens, as we were not able to service the growing demand,” Jain said."
"As a result of unfavourable market conditions for bricks and mortar restaurants, dark kitchens, also known as ghost restaurants, are becoming more common."
"Dark kitchens make huge sense for the burger brand Boo. Set up by Arif Palejwala and his brother-in-law in Leicester, they have reached three other cities without having to find premises or fork out."
"It is the success of online ordering players such as Uber Eats, Glovo, Just Eat and many more that paved the way for dark kitchens."
"[I]f your dark kitchen adjoins a room with an abundance of natural light, it might work to remove the separating wall to let some of the light in […]"
"He was already fleeing back through the dark kitchen, banging his hip on the steel countertop, […]"

Etymology

From dark (“unknown, hidden”) + kitchen (“food production center”). Formed in analogy to the term dark store (“online retail distribution center”), as this type of operation likewise serves outside customers through online ordering.

Inflected Forms

dark kitchens (plural)

Phrases

dark factory

Frequently Paired Words

dark factory dark store

Synonyms

ghost kitchen ghost restaurant cloud kitchen

Questions

What does dark kitchen mean?: A commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery.
Where does dark kitchen come from?: From dark (“unknown, hidden”) + kitchen (“food production center”). Formed in analogy to the term dark store (“online retail distribution center”), as this type of operation likewise serves outside customers through online ordering.

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