"milkhouse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milkhouses [plural]
Etymology: From milk + house. Etymology templates: {{com|en|milk|house}} milk + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkhouse (plural milkhouses)
  1. A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment. Coordinate_terms (room in a barn for a specific purpose): feedroom, tackroom Coordinate_terms (separate outbuilding): springhouse (english: sometimes the same outbuilding, especially in the era before mechanical refrigeration)
    Sense id: en-milkhouse-en-noun-g5wbeoOs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'room in a barn for a specific purpose': 70 30 Disambiguation of 'separate outbuilding': 62 38
  2. A place where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
    Sense id: en-milkhouse-en-noun-Wetxx3J4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: milk house, milk-house

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