eat-in

Not dining out

Eat-in describes a kitchen large enough to accommodate a table for dining, as opposed to a galley or efficiency kitchen where meals must be taken elsewhere: The apartment features an eat-in kitchen.

The term appears almost exclusively in real estate listings and home descriptions.

home

kitchen

Food preparation room

chairs · homemade · mealtime · residential · apartment · house · cozy · informal · everyday · convenience

dining

restaurant

Place serving meals

  • bistroInformal small restaurant
  • dinerCasual American eatery
  • pizzeriaRestaurant serving Italian pies

seating · table · booth · banquette · nook · menu · waiter · patron · reservation · ambiance

design

layout

Spatial arrangement of elements

  • spaceUnoccupied area or interval
  • areaExtent of surface
  • alcoveRecessed area in room

interior · galley

Opposites
dining location/consumption venue

eat-intakeout

Restaurant food for elsewhere

take-out · carry-out · takeaway · carryout · delivery

kitchen design/home architecture

eat-ingalley kitchen

Narrow kitchen with facing counters

kitchenette · formal dining room

Family

eating, overeating, undereating

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G