noun
scullery
SKUH-luh-ree
Scullery (noun) means a small utility room next to a kitchen used for washing dishes and other chores. Example: “The maid scrubbed the pots in the scullery.”
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A small utility room next to a kitchen used for washing dishes and other chores.
"Opposite the signal the line on one side is shut in by a high blank wall; on the other side are houses, but coming below the butt-end of a scullery the signal does not happen to be visible from any road or from any window."
— Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados (1914)
"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
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Word forms
- Plural
- sculleries
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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").
Rhymes for scullery
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What does “scullery” mean?
The word “scullery” means a small utility room next to a kitchen used for washing dishes and other chores. In plain terms, a small back room near the kitchen used for washing up and rough kitchen work.
How do you pronounce “scullery”?
“Scullery” is pronounced SKUH-luh-ree (/ˈskʌləɹi/ in IPA).
How do you use “scullery” in a sentence?
Here is “scullery” used in a sentence: “The maid scrubbed the pots in the scullery.”
What part of speech is “scullery”?
“Scullery” is a noun.
Where does the word “scullery” come from?
The word “scullery” comes from Latin. From an Anglo-Norman word for the office of a servant in charge of dishes, ultimately from Latin scutella ("dish, bowl").
