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单词 stillroom
释义

stillroom

[ stil-room, -room ]
/ 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.

Origin of stillroom

First recorded in 1700–10; still2 + room

Words nearby stillroom

stilliform, still layer, still life, stillness, still pack, stillroom, Still's disease, still small voice, Still's murmur, Stillson wrench, still trailer
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Example sentences 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

British Dictionary definitions for stillroom

still room

noun British

a room in which distilling is carried out
a pantry or storeroom, as in a large house
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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