- a large open container in a kitchen that has taps to supply water and that you use for washing dishes in
- Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink!
- I felt chained to the kitchen sink (= I had to spend all my time doing jobs in the house).
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1- Put the dishes in the sink.
- She filled the sink with hot water.
- She was at the sink, washing the dishes.
- The kitchen had a double sink.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathroom
- kitchen
- blocked
- …
- fill
- block
- clog
- …
- unit
- plunger
- faucet
- …
- at the sink
- down the sink
- in the sink
- …
- (also washbowl (both especially North American English))(also basin, washbasin (both especially British English))a large bowl that has taps and is fixed to the wall in a bathroom, used for washing your hands and face in
Word Originnoun Middle English: from the verbsink.
Idioms
See sink in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee sink in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisheverything but the kitchen sink
- (informal, humorous) a very large number of things, probably more than is necessary
- We seem to take everything but the kitchen sink when we go camping.
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