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panhouses

panhouses is the plural of panhouse.

Meaning of panhouse

Noun

panhouse (plural panhouses)

  1. A building in which seawater is evaporated to make salt.
    • Above the large boiler in the panhouse, on the scaffolding which supports the roof, and from which the boiler is suspended, a number of small closets are erected, in which the person taking the bath is seated, so that he is not only completely surrounded by the vapour of the boiling salt water, but...1832, The Monthly Review From January to April Inclusive, page 349
  2. A factory in which raw sugar is refined.
    • The appearance of the Sezela factory has been changed by the erection of a new 100-ft. panhouse as part of Reynolds Brothers Ltd.'s R3½-million expansion project.1964, The South African Sugar Year Book - Volume 35, page 93

Questions about panhouses

What is panhouses the plural of?
Panhouses is the plural of panhouse.

Words near panhouses in the dictionary

  1. panhole
  2. panholes
  3. Panhonlib
  4. Panhonlibco
  5. panhouse
  6. panhouses
  7. PANHs
  8. panhuman
  9. panhyperpituitarism
  10. panhypogammaglobulinaemia
  11. panhypogammaglobulinemia

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