springhouse
springhouse noun: a small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
Noun
springhouse (plural springhouses)
- A small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
- The very suggestion of a springhouse calls up recollections of quaint, low eaved "homey" farmhouses; the simple life of old-time country homes, and the solidity and picturesque simplicity of ancestral estates. The charm of this home accessory, that was once considered a necessity from an economic...1908, Phebe Westcott Humphreys, “Springhouses old and new”, in American Homes and Gardens, volume 5, pages 401–403
- When it was all over Mr. Sam came out to the spring-house to say good-by to me before he and Mrs. Sam left.1912, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “I Have a Warning”, in Where There’s a Will, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 1
Forms of springhouse
| plural | springhouses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | spring house |
Origin of springhouse
From spring + house.
Questions about springhouse
- What does springhouse mean?
- Springhouse means a small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
- What part of speech is springhouse?
- Springhouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of springhouse?
- The plural of springhouse is springhouses.
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