Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hell's kitchen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: hel-l's k-itchen
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, also known as Clinton, that was historically known for poor living conditions.

name

Any neighborhood with a reputation for poverty and crime.

Example Sentences

"They were living someplace in Hell's Kitchen, because that's where the blacks were at that time, before they started moving up, and uptown."
"Her first assignment was Hell's Kitchen, the infamous violent Manhattan neighborhood with the name that bespoke its environment, and San Juan Hill, the area just above West 59th Street, and on the northern edge of Hell's Kitchen."

Frequently Paired Words

Five Points slum ghetto

Synonyms

Clinton HK

Questions

What does hell's kitchen mean?: A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, also known as Clinton, that was historically known for poor living conditions.

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