A somewhat literary or old-fashioned word for kitchen; in modern everyday speech, 台所 (だいどころ) is far more common.
In the kitchen of the old mansion, a large traditional stove remained.
My grandmother stood in the kitchen cooking early every morning.
Standard kanji form for this reading.
Traditional kyūjitai form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
The reading くりや is a native Japanese word. The kanji 厨 (or its traditional form 廚) is a Chinese character meaning 'kitchen' and is used here as a jukujikun (meaning-based) assignment.