distillery

What it means

1. countableuncountableA place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.

   Near-synonym: stillhouse

   1 more example

   It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north.

   2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38

   Synonyms: stillhouse

2. countableuncountableA company that distills alcohol.

   Synonyms: distiller

3. countableuncountableThe process of distilling alcohol.

   Synonyms: distilling

In a sentence

Near-synonym: stillhouse

Where it comes from

From distill + -ery (“place of”).