Milkhouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Milkhouse is a noun meaning A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
Meaning
A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
More Meanings
- A building where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
Example Sentences
The milkhouse should be well insulated so that a minimum amount of heat will be needed during winter.
On many farms the early milkhouse and pumphouse were one. Most farmers during the latter part of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries with a herd of milk cows had a milkhouse.
Word Forms
- milkhouses
- milk house
- milk-house
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include milk-house, milkshed, milkbox, dairyhouse, milkcrate, parlor.
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