noun
scullery
SKUH-luh-ree
noun
1
A small utility room next to a kitchen used for washing dishes and other chores.
"The maid scrubbed the pots in the scullery."
How to Use Scullery
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small back room near the kitchen used for washing up and rough kitchen work.
When to use it
Mostly found in older or British contexts, especially describing historic houses.
Common pairings
scullery maid
a small scullery
Word Forms
sculleries plural
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Etymology
From an Anglo-Norman word for the office of a servant in charge of dishes, ultimately from Latin scutella ("dish, bowl").