Kitchenette

Kitchenette

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 or hotplate, and, less frequently, a sink. New York City Building Code defines a kitchenette as a kitchen of less than 7.4 m2 (80 ft2) of floor space.cite web|url= http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/cc_chapter12.pdf |author=Department of Buildings |title=Interior Environment |date= |publisher=New York City |accessdate=2007-10-25]

The term was coined by Andrew J. Kerwin in the pages of "The New Yorker" magazine.cite web|url= http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-1283%28193804%2913%3A2%3C157%3AJ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B |author=Editor |title=Jottings |date=1938 |publisher=American Speech |accessdate=2007-10-25] He used the diminutive "-ette" to indicate a small kitchen.

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