milkhouse
milkhouse noun: a building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
Noun
milkhouse (plural milkhouses)
- A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
- The milkhouse should be well insulated so that a minimum amount of heat will be needed during winter.1949, University of Wisconsin. Extension Service, Special circular
- On many farms the early milkhouse and pumphouse were one. Most farmers during the latter part of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries with a herd of milk cows had a milkhouse.1972, Amos Long, The Pennsylvania German family farm
- A building where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
Forms of milkhouse
| plural | milkhouses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | milk house |
| alternative form | milk-house |
Origin of milkhouse
From milk + house. Compare Dutch melkhuis, German Milchhaus.
Questions about milkhouse
- What does milkhouse mean?
- Milkhouse means a building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
- What part of speech is milkhouse?
- Milkhouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of milkhouse?
- The plural of milkhouse is milkhouses.
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