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milkeries

milkeries is the plural of milkery.

Meaning of milkery

Noun

milkery (plural milkeries)

  1. (uncommon) A place where animals are milked.
    • But a cow confined on ship-board, in the stable of a private citizen, or in the narrow stenchy stalls of the milkeries which supply cities, does not live a natural life, and can not by any possibility give natural, healthful milk; […]1862, “Health Track, No. 82. Milk—Its Uses.”, in W[illiam] W[hitty] Hall, editor, Hall’s Journal of Health, volume IX, New York, N.Y.: […] the Editor, […], and […] Trubner & Company, […], London
    Synonyms:
    dairy, dairy farm
  2. (uncommon) A place where milk is stored and it or dairy products are processed or sold.
    • The milk is cooled to a temperature of 5 degs. C. as soon as it is drawn, and must be kept cool until it is delivered at the milkery in Copenhagen, no milk being accepted if its temperature is over 10 degs.1899 April 28, “Milk Production on the Continent”, in Natal Department of Agriculture and Mines, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume II, number 3, Pietermaritzburg, Natal: William...
    Synonyms:
    dairy, milkhouse

Questions about milkeries

What is milkeries the plural of?
Milkeries is the plural of milkery.

Words near milkeries in the dictionary

  1. milken
  2. milker
  3. milker's nodule
  4. milkeress
  5. milkeresses
  6. milkeries
  7. milkers
  8. Milkers Flat
  9. milkery
  10. milkes
  11. milkest

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