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stillroom

[ stil-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈstɪlˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

(in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.

a room off a kitchen for making tea, coffee, etc., and for storing liquors, tea, preserves, jams, wine, etc.

Words nearby stillroom

stillbirth, stillborn, stillicide, stilliform, stillness, stillroom, stillson wrench, stillwater, stilly, stilt, stilt bug

Origin of stillroom

First recorded in 1700–10; still² + room

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for stillroom

His wife and daughter were in tastes and acquirements below a housekeeper or a stillroom maid of the present day.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Tristram, she knew, loved her stillroom maid's brown bread and butter.
The Reason Why|Elinor Glyn

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