stillroom

[ stil-room, -room ]

noun

1. (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
2. a room off a kitchen for making tea, coffee, etc., and for storing liquors, tea, preserves, jams, wine, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stillroom¹

First recorded in 1700–10; still ² + room

Example Sentences

His wife and daughter were in tastes and acquirements below a housekeeper or a stillroom maid of the present day.

From Project Gutenberg

Tristram, she knew, loved her stillroom maid's brown bread and butter.

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