spicehouse
spicehouse noun: a warehouse where spices are stored.
Noun
spicehouse (plural spicehouses)
- A warehouse where spices are stored.
- Down here in the waterfront area we have a very unique market, simply because you have the fish on the waterfront, you have groceries, fruit, you have produce, you have spicehouses, you have pickling-houses, for example.1964, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works, Real Property Acquisition Practices and Adequacy of Compensation in Federal and Federally Assisted Programs: Hearings..., page 145
- They showed her the spicehouses, where plants and trees from lands lost long ago were kept bathed in continual heat: they showed her the harvest of nuts and berries and fruits and sugars such as Inland had never dreamed of.2022, Gwyneth Jones, Ann Halam, Skybreaker
Forms of spicehouse
| plural | spicehouses |
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Origin of spicehouse
From spice + house.
Questions about spicehouse
- What does spicehouse mean?
- Spicehouse means a warehouse where spices are stored.
- What part of speech is spicehouse?
- Spicehouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of spicehouse?
- The plural of spicehouse is spicehouses.
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