The department of a household concerned with the care of the plates, dishes, and kitchen utensils. Also the room or rooms in which the work of this…

The apartment or office for ewers, esp. in former times, in the royal household; a room where ewers of water, table linen, and towels were kept. Also…

the department concerned with the care of the silver utensils. Obsolete.

(originally) a room in a large house used for the storage of dishes, glassware, cutlery, etc.; (later) such a room, also used for serving meals…

A room in which pewter articles are kept, or a factory in which pewter articles are made. Also: pewter articles collectively, pewterware.

(a) a room for keeping plate (sense 2a); (b) a safe or locked room where a printer's plates are stored.