Scullery – A small room at the back of a house for washing dishes and clothes and other dirty household work

(Pronounced skuhl-uh-ree)

To remember the definition of the word scullery, use the following mnemonic:

The skull area (scullery) at the back of the house was used for all the dirty household work.

Examples of scullery in a sentence

Nowadays, the scullery is rarely included when designing the kitchen.

We toured the old house and saw the scullery, where the staff would perform kitchen duties.

Even though we have a scullery in our kitchen, we do not use it as much as the original owners.