/ ˈskʌləri; NAmE / noun
( pl. -ies ) a small room next to the kitchen in an old house, originally used for washing dishes, etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting the department of a household concerned with kitchen utensils): from Old French escuelerie , from escuele dish, from Latin scutella salver, diminutive of scutra wooden platter.