scullery

[ skuhl-uh-ree, skuhl-ree ]

/ ˈskʌl ə ri, ˈskʌl ri /

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.

a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen in which cooking utensils are cleaned and stored.

Origin of scullery

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

sculch, sculduddery, sculduggery, sculk, scull, scullery, scullin, scullion, sculp, sculp., sculpin

There were no scullery chores or sewing for this spirited redhead.

Desperately Seeking Prince Charming |Sean Macaulay |September 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The light that came into the scullery was no longer grey, but red.

The War of the Worlds |H. G. Wells
He kept his tools in the stable, and it was his duty to lock it up and hang the key on the nail inside the scullery door.

The Lowest Rung |Mary Cholmondeley
It is pickled walnuts she is gathering from the Boot Tree in the scullery.

The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch |S. J. Adair Fitzgerald

He watched Antony disappear into the scullery, to reappear with a bundle of sticks and a log.

Antony Gray,--Gardener |Leslie Moore
This scullery had been set apart that day as the bedroom of my little dog.

My Doggie and I |R.M. Ballantyne

scullery

/ (ˈskʌlərɪ) /

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

C15: from Anglo-Norman squillerie, from Old French escuelerie, from escuele a bowl, from Latin scutella, from scutra a flat tray