winehouse

winehouse noun: the building on a vineyard in which the winepress is located.

Noun

winehouse (plural winehouses)

The building on a vineyard in which the winepress is located.
- Near-synonym: winery
Synonyms:

winery
(rare) A tavern or restaurant at which the primary drink served is wine.
- Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (200–118 BC) was writer of the fu in the Han dynasty. He was a native of Cheng-tu and as a young man was famous for his skill at playing the lute. Once he was asked to play at the banquet of a wealthy man where he was heard by the host's daughter, Cho Wên-chün, a talented young...1971, Yin C. Liu, Tao Tao Sanders, “Chapter 10: Chinese Literature”, in David Marshall Lang, editor, A Guide to Eastern Literatures, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, →ISBN, page 307
(historical) A communal feasting hall where the lord and his retainers gathered for drinking, gift-giving, storytelling, celebration, etc.
- The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32
Synonyms:

mead hall, mead house, winehall

Winehouse (plural Winehouses)

From wine + house. Does not continue Old English wīnhūs. First attested in 1607.

Anglicised form of German Wienhause.

What does winehouse mean?: Winehouse means the building on a vineyard in which the winepress is located.
What part of speech is winehouse?: Winehouse can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of winehouse?: The plural of winehouse is winehouses.

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