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oast houses

oast houses is the plural of oast house.

Meaning of oast house

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

Questions about oast houses

What is oast houses the plural of?
Oast houses is the plural of oast house.

Words near oast houses in the dictionary

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

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