Meaning & use
kitchen portering
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Meaning
noununcountable
the work done by a kitchen porter, such as washing dishes, cleaning, and helping with basic food preparation.
Grammar: Uncountable: no plural and no 'a/an' — say 'kitchen portering is tiring', not 'a kitchen portering'.
Patterns
- do kitchen portering
- kitchen portering in a restaurant/hotel
He paid for his studies by doing kitchen portering at a hotel on weekends.
Kitchen portering involves long hours on your feet and a lot of lifting.
The job advertisement was for kitchen portering, not for waiting tables.
Common combinations
- do kitchen portering
- She did kitchen portering for two summers to save money.
- kitchen portering job
- He found a kitchen portering job near the station.
- kitchen portering duties
- His kitchen portering duties include washing pots and taking out the bins.
- kitchen portering shift
- The kitchen portering shift starts at six in the evening.
Synonyms and how they differ
- dishwashing
- Narrower: it refers only to washing dishes, while kitchen portering also includes cleaning and other basic tasks.
- kitchen work
- Broader and vaguer: it can mean any job in a kitchen, including cooking.
Word family
- kitchen porter noun
- the person who does this work.
- porter noun
- a person employed to carry things or do basic cleaning work.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'kitchen portering' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Kitchen portering' is an uncountable noun for the work, so it fits after 'does'. Options An and D treat it as a person or an object, and B wrongly uses a plural verb with an uncountable noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “kitchen portering”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.