brewery

B3R1E1W4E1R1Y4
/ˈbɹuːəɹi/

noun

A building where beer is produced.

“Near-synonym: brewhouse”

Similar
brewhouse
OriginDutch brouwerij →
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Meanings

nounbrewery (plural breweries)

plural breweries

  1. A building where beer is produced.

    Near-synonym: brewhouse

    1 more example

    We took a day trip to the Guiness Brewery.

    Synonyms: brewhouse

  2. A company that brews beer.

    Mike works for the local brewery.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA building where beer is produced.

Similar
brewhouse
Also see
brewer

Origin

  1. Dutchbrouwerij“brewery”
  2. Englishbrewery

From Dutch brouwerij (“brewery”), equivalent to brew + -ery. See also brewhouse.

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Translations

Arabic مَصْنَع جِعَة
  • مَصْنَع جِعَة (maṣnaʕ jiʕa)building where beer is produced
Bulgarian пивова́рна
  • пивова́рна (pivovárna)building where beer is produced
Chinese Mandarin 釀酒廠 /酿酒厂, 啤酒廠 /啤酒厂
  • 釀酒廠 /酿酒厂 (niàngjiǔchǎng)building where beer is produced
  • 啤酒廠 /啤酒厂 (píjiǔchǎng)building where beer is produced
  • 釀酒廠 /酿酒厂 (niàngjiǔchǎng)company that brews beer
  • 啤酒廠 /啤酒厂 (píjiǔchǎng)company that brews beer
Czech pivovar
  • pivovarbuilding where beer is produced
Danish bryggeri
  • bryggeribuilding where beer is produced
Dutch brouwerij
  • brouwerijbuilding where beer is produced
Estonian õlletehas, pruulikoda
  • õlletehasbuilding where beer is produced
  • pruulikodabuilding where beer is produced
  • õlletehascompany that brews beer
  • pruulikodacompany that brews beer
Finnish panimo, panimo
  • panimobuilding where beer is produced
  • panimocompany that brews beer
  • panimoyhtiöcompany that brews beer
French brasserie
  • brasseriebuilding where beer is produced
German Brauerei, Brauhaus
  • Brauereibuilding where beer is produced
  • Brauhausbuilding where beer is produced
  • Bierbrauereibuilding where beer is produced
  • Brauereicompany that brews beer
  • Bierbrauereicompany that brews beer
Greek ζυθοποιείο
  • ζυθοποιείο (zythopoieío)building where beer is produced
Hebrew מִבשָׁלָה
  • מִבשָׁלָה (mavshélet)building where beer is produced
Hindi मद्यनिर्माणशाला
  • मद्यनिर्माणशाला (madyanirmāṇśālā)building where beer is produced
Hungarian sörgyár, sörfőzde
  • sörgyárbuilding where beer is produced
  • sörfőzdebuilding where beer is produced
  • sörfőzdecompany that brews beer
Icelandic ölgerð, ölgerðarhús
  • ölgerðbuilding where beer is produced
  • ölgerðarhúsbuilding where beer is produced
  • brugghúsbuilding where beer is produced
Irish grúdlann, grúdlann
  • grúdlannbuilding where beer is produced
  • grúdlanncompany that brews beer
Italian birrificio
  • birrificiobuilding where beer is produced
Japanese 醸造所, ブルワリー
  • 醸造所 (jōzōsho)building where beer is produced
  • ブルワリー (buruwarī)building where beer is produced
Korean 양조장, 맥주 양조장
  • 양조장 (yangjojang)building where beer is produced
  • 맥주 양조장 (maekju yangjojang)building where beer is produced
  • 브루어리 (beurueori)building where beer is produced
Latvian alus darītava
  • alus darītavabuilding where beer is produced
Lithuanian alaus darykla
  • alaus daryklabuilding where beer is produced
Māori whare kōpiro, where whakai
  • whare kōpirobuilding where beer is produced
  • where whakaibuilding where beer is produced
  • kamupene kōpirocompany that brews beer
Norwegian Bokmål bryggeri
  • bryggeribuilding where beer is produced
Polish browar, browarnia
  • browarbuilding where beer is produced
  • browarniabuilding where beer is produced
Portuguese cervejaria, cervejaria
  • cervejariabuilding where beer is produced
  • cervejariacompany that brews beer
Romanian fabrică de bere
  • fabrică de berebuilding where beer is produced
Russian пивова́ренный заво́д, пивова́рня
  • пивова́ренный заво́д (pivovárennyj zavód)building where beer is produced
  • пивова́рня (pivovárnja)building where beer is produced
  • пивзаво́д (pivzavód)building where beer is produced
  • пивова́ренная компа́ния (pivovárennaja kompánija)company that brews beer
  • пивова́ренный заво́д (pivovárennyj zavód)company that brews beer
  • пивова́рня (pivovárnja)company that brews beer
  • пивзаво́д (pivzavód)company that brews beer
Slovak pivovar
  • pivovarbuilding where beer is produced
Spanish cervecería, cervecera
  • cerveceríabuilding where beer is produced
  • cervecerabuilding where beer is produced
  • cerveceríacompany that brews beer
Swedish bryggeri
  • bryggeribuilding where beer is produced
Thai โรงงานเบียร์, โรงเบียร์
  • โรงงานเบียร์ (roong-ngaan-biia)building where beer is produced
  • โรงเบียร์building where beer is produced
Turkish bira fabrikası
  • bira fabrikasıbuilding where beer is produced
Ukrainian брова́рня, брова́р
  • брова́рня (brovárnja)building where beer is produced
  • брова́р (brovár)building where beer is produced
  • пивова́рня (pyvovárnja)building where beer is produced
Vietnamese nhà máy bia
  • nhà máy biabuilding where beer is produced
Welsh bracty, bractai
  • bractybuilding where beer is produced
  • bractaibuilding where beer is produced
Cite this entry
APA

brewery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brewery

MLA

“brewery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brewery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brewery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brewery.

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