scullery
/ˈskʌləɹi/
scullery noun: a small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
Noun
scullery (plural sculleries)
- A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- 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.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
- With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
scullery meaning in Tamil
Examples of scullery in a sentence
- Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
- You'll catch yer death.' He dragged off into the scullery and presently emerged in his Sunday best.
- “That fluttersome jade's better suited to the scullery.
Forms of scullery
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Origin of scullery
Inherited from Middle English squylerie, from Anglo-Norman squillerie (“office of the servant in charge of plates”), from escuele (“bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella.
Words formed from scullery
Phrases with scullery
Questions about scullery
- What does scullery mean?
- Scullery means a small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- What is scullery in Tamil?
- Scullery in Tamil is அறை. See Scullery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scullery?
- Scullery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scullery?
- Scullery is pronounced /ˈskʌləɹi/.
- What is the plural of scullery?
- The plural of scullery is sculleries.
Words near scullery in the dictionary
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