Definition of scullery
sculleries
: a room for cleaning and storing dishes and cooking utensils and for doing messy kitchen work
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A subplot focuses on the love story between Tommy and his future wife, Meg (Ophelia Lovibond), a scullery maid with something of a tawdry past.
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The oldest parts of the house are the kitchen, scullery, dining room, and library.
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Origin and Etymology of scullery
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
SCULLERY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of scullery for English Language Learners
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: a room that is near the kitchen in a large and usually old house and that is used for washing dishes, doing messy kitchen tasks, etc.
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