Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scullery

/ˈskʌləɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: scullery
IPA: /ˈskʌləɹi/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English squylerie, from Anglo-Norman squillerie (“office of the servant in charge of plates”), from escuele (“bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: squylerie, squillerie

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

sculleries (plural)

Derived Forms

sculleryman

Phrases

scullery girl scullery maid

Frequently Paired Words

scour washery backhouse washhouse

Questions

How do you pronounce scullery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskʌləɹi/.
What does scullery mean?: A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
Where does scullery come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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