scullery C2 Topic:House & Home US /ˈskʌləɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #40409 Meanings 1 noun A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Opposite the signal the line on one side is shut in by a high blank wall; on the other side are houses, but coming below the butt-end of a scullery the signal does not happen to be visible from any road or from any window. 2 noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen Etymology Inherited from Middle English squylerie, from Anglo-Norman squillerie (“office of the servant in charge of plates”), from escuele (“bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella. Topics House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # scullery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈskʌləɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 40409 ## Meanings 1. A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done. 2. a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen ## Examples - 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Opposite the signal the line on one side is shut in by a high blank wall; on the other side are houses, but coming below the butt-end of a scullery the signal does not happen to be visible from any road or from any window. ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English squylerie, from Anglo-Norman squillerie (“office of the servant in charge of plates”), from escuele (“bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella. ## Topics - House & Home - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown