Definition of SCULLERY

scullery

Plural: sculleries

Noun

  • A small room adjoining a kitchen, used for washing dishes and other messy work.
  • a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
  • A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.

Examples

  • After a grueling Words With Friends session, his mind felt like a SCULLERY, cluttered and messy.

Origin / Etymology

From Anglo-Norman squillerie, from Old French escuelerie (“office of the servant in charge of plates”), from escuele (“bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella.

Scrabble Score: 13

scullery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scullery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scullery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

scullery: valid Words With Friends Word