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

Examples of scullery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Class Travon Lee prefers the redesign over the current system with separate containers for scullery, cooking and serving. —Gidget Fuentes, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026

Try a scullery, which is something that Stephanie Molster, the founder of Stephanie Molster Interiors in Charleston, South Carolina, frequently urges her clients to implement. —Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025

Lang was a débutante—a métier that has gone the way of the duellist and the scullery maid. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

So is the cook, Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nicol); the former scullery maid, Daisy (Sophie McSheara) will take over. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English squilerie, sculerie department of household in charge of dishes, from Anglo-French esquilerie, from escuele, eskel bowl, from Latin scutella drinking bowl — more at scuttle entry 5

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

scullery

noun

scul·​lery ˈskəl-(ə-)rē 

plural sculleries

: a room for cleaning and storing dishes and utensils, washing vegetables, and similar work