noun
scullery
SKUL-uh-ree/ˈskʌləri/
A small room for washing dishes and other kitchen work.
He washes dishes in the scullery beside the kitchen.
Etymology
The dish root and place-forming ending originally named the office or workplace of the keeper of dishes. That household department gives the connection to a room used for washing dishes.
In context
Butler's pantries will have a countertop and then the scullery has your sink and your- Right It actually has a dishwasher It has a sink
More examples
- A narrow door leads from the kitchen to the scullery.
- The old house retains its stone-floored scullery.
- Dirty dishes are stacked beside the scullery's sink.
Forms
scullery · sculleries
Similar words
- utility room
- May hold laundry equipment and serve purposes beyond washing dishes.
- pantry
- A pantry stores food or utensils; a scullery is primarily a workroom for washing and kitchen chores.