fully-equipped kitchen

Meaning

A fully-equipped kitchen is a kitchen in a rental property or hotel suite that contains all the necessary appliances, cookware, utensils, and dishes needed to prepare and serve meals. This typically includes a stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave, pots, pans, plates, and cutlery. Travelers often look for this feature to save money by cooking their own food.

Examples

• The vacation rental features a fully-equipped kitchen, allowing us to cook family dinners every night.

  The vacation rental features a fully-equipped kitchen, allowing us to cook family dinners every night.

• Having a fully-equipped kitchen was essential for our two-week stay with the kids.

  Having a fully-equipped kitchen was essential for our two-week stay with the kids.

• The cabin's fully-equipped kitchen even had a dishwasher, a high-end blender, and an espresso machine.

  The cabin's fully-equipped kitchen even had a dishwasher, a high-end blender, and an espresso machine.

• Do the apartments come with a fully-equipped kitchen, or just a small kitchenette with a microwave?

  Do the apartments come with a fully-equipped kitchen, or just a small kitchenette with a microwave?

• We bought fresh seafood at the local market and prepared it in our villa's fully-equipped kitchen.

  We bought fresh seafood at the local market and prepared it in our villa's fully-equipped kitchen.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ The apartment has a full-equip kitchen.

  ✓ The apartment has a fully-equipped kitchen.

  You must use the adverb 'fully' to modify the adjective 'equipped.' Using 'full-equip' is grammatically incorrect.

• ✗ We cooked in the complete kitchen.

  ✓ We cooked in the fully-equipped kitchen.

  While 'complete kitchen' is occasionally understood, 'fully-equipped kitchen' is the standard, natural collocation used in the travel and hospitality industry.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If you want to save money on dining out, look for an Airbnb with a ___.

  💡 A kitchen that has all the appliances and tools you need to cook.

  Show answer

  fully-equipped kitchen

• Our suite featured a spacious living room and a ___, complete with a gas stove and full-sized fridge.

  💡 An adjective phrase describing a kitchen ready for heavy cooking.

  Show answer

  fully-equipped kitchen