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oast house

oast house noun: a building containing oasts, used in conjunction with hop harvesting.

Noun

oast house (plural oast houses)

  1. (UK) A building containing oasts, used in conjunction with hop harvesting.
    • Sail-like, the oast-house towers of Horsmonden seem almost to plough the rich soil of their Kentish hopfield like graceful yachts on a gently rolling sea. And sail-like, their wind vanes turn the angled cowls with the breeze to create a vacuum inside that draws up hot air to dry the hops on their...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 227, photo caption

Forms of oast house

pluraloast houses

Origin of oast house

From oast + house.

Questions about oast house

What does oast house mean?
Oast house means a building containing oasts, used in conjunction with hop harvesting.
What part of speech is oast house?
Oast house is a noun.
What is the plural of oast house?
The plural of oast house is oast houses.

Words near oast house in the dictionary

  1. oasises
  2. oasisless
  3. oasislike
  4. oasitic
  5. oast
  6. oast house
  7. oast houses
  8. oasthouse
  9. oasthouses
  10. oasts
  11. oat

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