🇬🇧🇨🇳 scullery - 洗碗间 : English Lesson

Meaning of "scullery" ("洗碗间"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A scullery is a small room next to the kitchen where people wash dirty dishes, scrub pots and pans, and sometimes do messy food jobs, so the main kitchen can stay cleaner and tidier.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My chore chart says "scullery duty," which sounds fancy until you realize it means scrubbing crusty pans.

When I saw all the dirty pans in the scullery, I considered moving to another country.

The scullery is the only room where it’s normal to talk to plates and say, "You’re next."

Mom banished the mountain of dirty dishes to the scullery like it was a secret dish prison.

I put on my superhero cape before going into the scullery, because only heroes face that many dishes.

She slipped into the scullery, where warm water steamed and plates clinked. In the scullery a child watched her hands rinse a cracked bowl. The scullery smelled of lemon and bread. A tired cat curled by the scullery door as she finished. She turned off the tap, smiled, and carried the clean stack back to the scullery shelf.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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