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kitchen sink

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  1. kitchen sinknoun

    a sink in a kitchen

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  1. kitchen sink

    A kitchen sink is a plumbing fixture usually present in a kitchen, primarily used for washing hands, dishes, and preparing food. It typically has a tap with hot and cold running water, and may include a spray feature for faster rinsing. Many kitchen sinks have a garbage disposal unit installed under them. Sinks can come in a variety of materials such as stainless steel, cast iron, ceramic, or other materials.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kitchen sink in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kitchen sink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of kitchen sink in a Sentence

  1. The Vermont senator:

    They have thrown everything at me except the kitchen sink.

  2. Charles Gerba:

    Many people defrost raw meat products in sinks or rinse raw chicken and don't do more than run water to clean it, you really shouldn't be cutting up your salad in the kitchen sink.

  3. Andy Sullivan:

    This really has its roots in nervousness that began in the U.S. at the end of last week, shanghai is an artificial market at the moment reliant on government support, and they have thrown the kitchen sink at it in recent weeks. The selling just ratcheted up steadily this morning.

  4. Chris Dresselhuys:

    Ninety percent of disinfectant wipes are sold in canisters. The primary reason for using canisters has to do with how consumers use and store wipes, they tend to store these vertically under the kitchen sink, for easy access, along with other sanitizing product.

  5. Neil Shearing:

    The central bank is having to throw the kitchen sink at the rouble just to get it to stabilise, the positive spin today is that it's at least not falling any more.


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