milkhouse

plural milkhouses · alternative milk house · alternative milk-house

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

   The milkhouse should be well insulated so that a minimum amount of heat will be needed during winter.

   1949, University of Wisconsin. Extension Service, Special circular

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   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.

   1972, Amos Long, The Pennsylvania German family farm

2. A building where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.