1. small rooms adjoining kitchens, used for washing dishes and other kitchen work
Usage: plural of scullery; traditional household term

Examples

• The old mansion had separate sculleries for washing dishes and preparing vegetables.
• Victorian houses often featured sculleries behind the main kitchens.
• The servants worked in the sculleries while the family dined in the main hall.
• Modern homes rarely include sculleries, as kitchens now serve multiple functions.
• The castle’s sculleries were equipped with large stone sinks and wooden counters.
• She found the antique dishes stored in one of the unused sculleries.