scullery

noun (sculleries)

«scullery» in the English dictionary: everyday and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A scullery is a small room at the back of a house or castle, where dishes and pots are washed. tree →

In the lessons

the place where the kitchen maid works in old stories; in the lessons, «the scullery-maid» is the girl who does the dirty kitchen work

Examples

Catskin crept back into the scullery. tree →
The scullery was full of dirty pots. tree →
She washed the dishes in the scullery every night. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

A small room behind the kitchen where dishes and pots are washed and rough work is done. tree →

Then and now

Today it is an old-fashioned word, rarely used; the sentences use it as the dictionary does.

Examples

Then she flew from the castle and donned her catskin robe again, and slipped into the scullery again, unbeknown to the cook. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
Next day he went to his mother, the lady of the castle, and told her that he wished to marry the scullery-maid, Catskin. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
and with that she curtsied, and flew from the ball, off with her golden robe, on with her catskin, and into the scullery without the cook's knowing. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →

Note

Today: back kitchen.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «scullery» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«scullery» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «scullery» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«scullery» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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