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

There’s also a separate scullery and a mud room that doesn’t leave the four-legged residents without a bit of luxury. —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

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