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distillery

/dɪˈstɪləɹi/

distillery noun: a place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.

distillery: a place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits
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Noun

distillery (countable and uncountable, plural distilleries)

  1. A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
    • Near-synonym: stillhouse
    • It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north.2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38
    Synonyms:
    stillhouse
  2. A company that distills alcohol.
    Synonyms:
    distiller
  3. The process of distilling alcohol.
    Synonyms:
    distilling

distillery meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

distillery in Tamil

வடிசாலை, வடிப்பகம், வடிமனை

distillery in Urdu

آب کاری

distillery in Malayalam

വാറ്റുപുര, വാറ്റുശാല, വാറ്റുതൊഴിൽ

distillery in Kannada

distillery
ಗಂಜ gañja
More languagesFewer languages
distillery in Tagalog
alakan
distillery in Vietnamese
nhà máy chưng cất, tháp chưng cất

Examples of distillery in a sentence

  • But distilleries that make high-proof spirits remain heavily regulated at both the federal and state level.
  • The distillery will have a Chinese master distiller to produce a malt whisky catering to local tastes.
  • That's why County Commissioner Liu Tseng-ying has called for the distillery to double its revenues and profits.

All 11 example sentences with distillery

Synonyms of distillery

Forms of distillery

pluraldistilleries

Plural of distillery: distilleries

Origin of distillery

From distill + -ery (“place of”).

Words formed from distillery

Questions about distillery

What does distillery mean?
Distillery means a place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
What is distillery in Tamil?
Distillery in Tamil is வடிசாலை, வடிப்பகம், வடிமனை. See Distillery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is distillery?
Distillery is a noun.
How do you pronounce distillery?
Distillery is pronounced /dɪˈstɪləɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of distillery?
The plural of distillery is distilleries.

Words near distillery in the dictionary

  1. distilled wines
  2. distiller
  3. distilleries
  4. distillers
  5. distillers' grains
  6. distillery
  7. distillery fungus
  8. distillest
  9. distilleth
  10. distilling
  11. distillings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: distillery (page history and authors); distillery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distillery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distillery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಗಂಜ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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