scullery

UK: /ˈskʌləri/ US: /ˈskʌləri, ˈskʌlri/ ,(skul′ə rē, skul′rē)

Inflections of 'scullery' (n): npl: sculleries

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scul•ler•y /ˈskʌləri, ˈskʌlri/   n. [countable] , pl. -ler•ies. 

1. British Terms a room off a kitchen where food is prepared and utensils cleaned and stored.

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scul•ler•y  (skul′ə rē, skul′rē), n., pl. -ler•ies. [Chiefly Brit.]

1. British Terms a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
2. a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen in which cooking utensils are cleaned and stored.

• Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra pan) + -rie -ry
• Middle Frenchescuelerie, equivalent. to escuele dish (
• Middle English squillerye 1300–50

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scullery / ˈskʌlərɪ/ noun ( -leries)

1. a small room or part of a kitchen where washing up, vegetable preparation, etc is done

Etymology: 15th Century: from Anglo-Norman squillerie, from Old French escuelerie, from escuele a bowl, from Latin scutella, from scutra a flat tray