Illustrated Kitchen Vocabulary

Twenty common words used to describe items in the kitchen. Below the image are example sentences for each word. You can download this image as an A4/A3 wall poster from our free ESL posters page.

Vocabulary in context

• apron: Whenever I cook, I wear an apron.
• blender: I put the vegetables in the blender to make a soup.
• bin: I threw the eggshells in the bin.
• cabinet:  There were lots of plates in the cabinet.
• chopping board: I chopped the vegetables on the chopping board.
• cleaver: Henry used a sharp cleaver to chop the onions.
• coffeemaker: I use the coffeemaker to make coffee every morning.
• dishwasher: After we’d eaten, I put the dishes in the dishwasher.
• dish sponge: I used the dish sponge to wash the plates.
• dish towel: After washing the plates, she dried them with a dish towel.
• knife: I used a sharp knife to cut the meat.
• microwave: Sally cooked the potatoes in the microwave.
• oven: When the chicken was ready, I took it out of the oven.
• oven gloves, oven mitts: Before taking the cake out of the oven, I put on some oven gloves.
• pan: I fried the eggs in a pan.
• pot: The pot was full of boiling water.
• refrigerator: We keep our cheese in the refrigerator.
• sink: There were dirty plates in the sink.
• toaster: Nick put two slices of bread into the toaster.
• washing up liquid (UK), dishwashing liquid (US): I used the new washing up liquid to wash the dishes.