The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diet \Di"et\, n. [F. di[`e]te, L. diaeta, fr. Gr. ? manner of living.]
Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. ``No inconvenient diet.''
--Milton.-
A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
To fast like one that takes diet.
--Shak.Diet kitchen, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.
Usage examples of "diet kitchen".
He inclined his head in the direction of the diet kitchen, where the ward serving floats loaded with meal trays were emerging, and added, “.
The subheads are depreciation, overhead, operation, reserves, diet kitchen, personnel, and so forth.
We can accommodate twenty-four raffles in the main house at one time, feed them from the diet kitchen, and keep them busy.