smokehouse

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US/ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/

noun

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

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smokerymeat house
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Meanings

nounsmokehouse (plural smokehouses)

plural smokehouses

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

    Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees / Like sausage on a smokehouse wall.

    1973, “Swamp Witch”, in Jim Stafford (lyrics), Jim Stafford, performed by Jim Stafford

    Synonyms: smokery

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
smokery

More synonyms by meaning

nouna small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish

Similar
meat house
Broader
house
Also see
meat housesmokery

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From smoke + house.

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Translations

Basque keztategi
  • keztategistructure to smoke food
Danish røgeri
  • røgeristructure to smoke food
Dutch rokerij
  • rokerijstructure to smoke food
Finnish savustamo
  • savustamostructure to smoke food
French fumoir
  • fumoirstructure to smoke food
German Räucherei
  • Räuchereistructure to smoke food
Greek καπνιστήριο
  • καπνιστήριο (kapnistírio)structure to smoke food
Latin carnārium
  • carnāriumstructure to smoke food
Polish wędzarnia
  • wędzarniastructure to smoke food
Romanian afumătoare
  • afumătoarestructure to smoke food
Spanish ahumadero
  • ahumaderostructure to smoke food
Swedish rökeri
  • rökeristructure to smoke food
Cite this entry
APA

smokehouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokehouse

MLA

“smokehouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokehouse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smokehouse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokehouse.

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