SMOKEHOUSE

smokehouse, meat house

(noun) a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

smokehouse (plural smokehouses)

A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.

A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.

Synonyms

• (structure to smoke food): smokery

Source: Wiktionary


Smoke"house`, n.

Definition: A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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