STILLROOM

stillroom, still room

(noun) a pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stillroom (plural stillrooms)

A room containing a still (for distillation).

A pantry adjoining a kitchen where drinks etc were stored or prepared.

Source: Wiktionary


Still"room`, n.

1. A room for distilling.

2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. [Eng.] Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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