scullery
noun
scul·lery
ˈskə-lə-rē 
ˈskəl-rē
plural sculleries
: a room for cleaning and storing dishes and cooking utensils and for doing messy kitchen work
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There’s also a separate scullery and a mud room that doesn’t leave the four-legged residents without a bit of luxury.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
Walk-in pantries have well exceeded their original purpose of housing shelf-stable goods and have become working pantries—a multi-purpose storage and back kitchen (also commonly called a scullery or galley kitchen).
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2023
Several years prior to filming, the five-bedroom, eight-bath home underwent a renovation that included updates to the scullery kitchen, family room, and guest wing.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
The couple experienced great financial hardship, and Wheatley eventually found work as a scullery maid.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
There’s also a large dining room, a chef’s kitchen, and a scullery kitchen.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2023
An adjacent scullery has been restored to its original glory, and features a walk-in Master-Bilt refrigerator, a freezer chest, and a dumbwaiter, and opens to a large, service dining room built to service an estate.
—Curbed, 23 May 2023
History Also known as a serving pantry or scullery, a butler's pantry was a room, usually in-between the kitchen and dining room, where a family's valuable heirlooms were kept.
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
Her mother supported the family by giving piano lessons; Eszter served as a housekeeper and scullery maid.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
Mark David, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
Walk-in pantries have well exceeded their original purpose of housing shelf-stable goods and have become working pantries—a multi-purpose storage and back kitchen (also commonly called a scullery or galley kitchen).
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2023
Several years prior to filming, the five-bedroom, eight-bath home underwent a renovation that included updates to the scullery kitchen, family room, and guest wing.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
The couple experienced great financial hardship, and Wheatley eventually found work as a scullery maid.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
There’s also a large dining room, a chef’s kitchen, and a scullery kitchen.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2023
An adjacent scullery has been restored to its original glory, and features a walk-in Master-Bilt refrigerator, a freezer chest, and a dumbwaiter, and opens to a large, service dining room built to service an estate.
—Curbed, 23 May 2023
History Also known as a serving pantry or scullery, a butler's pantry was a room, usually in-between the kitchen and dining room, where a family's valuable heirlooms were kept.
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
Her mother supported the family by giving piano lessons; Eszter served as a housekeeper and scullery maid.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
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scullery
noun
scul·lery
ˈskəl-(ə-)rē
plural sculleries
: a room for cleaning and storing dishes and utensils, washing vegetables, and similar work
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