A somewhat literary or old-fashioned word for kitchen; in modern everyday speech, 台所 (だいどころ) is far more common.
古い屋敷の厨には、大きなかまどが残っていた。
In the kitchen of the old mansion, a large traditional stove remained.
My grandmother stood in the kitchen cooking early every morning.
キッチン is a common loanword for kitchen used especially in modern or Western-style contexts, whereas 厨 evokes a traditional Japanese setting.
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.