Synonyms for scullery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : skuhl-uh-ree, skuhl-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskʌl ə ri, ˈskʌl ri

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Définition of scullery

Origin :
  • mid-15c. (early 14c. as a surname), "household department concerned with the care of kitchen utensils," from Old French escuelerie "office of the servant in charge of plates, etc.," from escuelier "keeper of the dishes," from escuele "dish" (12c., Modern French écuelle), from Latin scutella "serving platter, silver" (see scuttle (n.)).
  • As in kitchen : noun room for cooking food
  • As in galley : noun a kitchen
Example sentences :
  • She went to the scullery and returned with cups and saucers which she put on the table.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The Princess did not yet know of the engagement of His Highness to the scullery maid.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • The knif eboard in the scullery has n't been used above a—a few times.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • There are those who said that you got out of the scullery window into the back street.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • He followed her through the kitchen, the scullery, and so into her bedroom.
  • Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • But that would be after the chores in the scullery were over.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • "No, sir, I was in the scullery washing up," the girl replied.
  • Extract from : « The Rider of Waroona » by Firth Scott
  • If the garden door is locked, you can climb the wall and get on to the scullery roof.
  • Extract from : « Moor Fires » by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young
  • He took the key out of the scullery window, and they entered.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • One morning the postman came just as he was washing in the scullery.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

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