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purgery

purgery noun: a part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.

Noun

purgery (plural purgeries)

  1. A part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.

Forms of purgery

pluralpurgeries

Origin of purgery

From purge + -ery.

Questions about purgery

What does purgery mean?
Purgery means a part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar.
What part of speech is purgery?
Purgery is a noun.
What is the plural of purgery?
The plural of purgery is purgeries.

Words near purgery in the dictionary

  1. purgees
  2. purgen
  3. purger
  4. purgeries
  5. purgers
  6. purgery
  7. purges
  8. purgest
  9. purgeth
  10. Purgi
  11. purging

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