Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milkhouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: milk-house
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.

noun

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."

Etymology

From milk + house. Compare Dutch melkhuis, German Milchhaus.

Inflected Forms

milkhouses (plural) milk house (alternative) milk-house (alternative)

Phrases

milk truck

Frequently Paired Words

milk truck feedroom tackroom springhouse milkshed milking parlour milking machine milk churns

Questions

What does milkhouse mean?: A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
Where does milkhouse come from?: From milk + house. Compare Dutch melkhuis, German Milchhaus.

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