Definitions For Milkhouse

Noun

MILKHOUSE (plural MILKHOUSEs) A building (or portion thereof) on a {{w, dairy farming, dairy farm}} where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment. A place where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.

Coordinate terms

room in a barn for a specific purpose feedroom, tackroom separate outbuilding springhouse {{qualifier, sometimes the same outbuilding, especially in the era before mechanical refrigeration}}

Alternative forms

{{alt, en, milk house, milk-house}}

Etymology

From {{com, en, milk, house}}.