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scullery

American  
[skuhl-uh-ree, skuhl-ree] / ˈskʌl ə ri, ˈskʌl ri /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

sculleries

  1. 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.

scullery British  
/ ˈskʌlərɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of scullery

1300–50; Middle English squillerye < Middle French escuelerie, equivalent to escuele dish (< Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra pan) + -rie -ry

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