noun
- a room in a large house where distilling was done and medicines, preserves, and liqueurs were prepared
Usage: historical
Examples
- The housekeeper managed the stillroom where herbal remedies were prepared.
- In Victorian mansions, the stillroom was essential for making household medicines.
- She learned to make lavender water in the estate’s stillroom.
- The stillroom contained copper pots and glass bottles for distilling.
- Servants would prepare fruit preserves in the manor’s stillroom.
- The stillroom maid was responsible for making cordials and tinctures.