"milkshed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milksheds [plural]
Etymology: From milk + shed, by analogy with watershed. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|milk|shed}} milk + shed Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkshed (plural milksheds)
  1. (agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport. Categories (topical): Agriculture, Economics, Buildings, Dairy farming
    Sense id: en-milkshed-en-noun-tZgB2Z88 Disambiguation of Buildings: 53 47 Disambiguation of Dairy farming: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 67 33 Topics: agriculture, business, economics, lifestyle, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: milksheds [plural]
Etymology: From milk + shed, as analogous with woodshed or toolshed. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|milk|shed}} milk + shed Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkshed (plural milksheds)
  1. A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.) Categories (topical): Buildings Translations (a shed in which animals are milked): bleánlann [feminine] (Irish), mungitoio [masculine] (Italian), whare miraka (Maori), whare whakatētē kau (Maori)
    Sense id: en-milkshed-en-noun---7RUKAK Disambiguation of Buildings: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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