sugarhouse

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noun

A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.

“Holonym: sugarbush”

Similar
sugar shacksugar shanty
OriginEnglish house ← Middle English hous ← Old English hūs →
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Meanings

nounsugarhouse (plural sugarhouses)

plural sugarhouses · alternative sugar house · alternative sugar-house

  1. historicalA factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
  2. CanadaNew EnglandA small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.

    Holonym: sugarbush

    Synonyms: sugar shack, sugar shanty

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.

Similar
sugar shacksugar shanty
Also see
sugar shacksugar shanty

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  5. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  6. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  7. Old Italianzucchero
  8. Old Frenchçucre
  9. Middle Englishsugre
  10. Englishsugar
  11. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  12. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  13. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  14. Old Englishhūs
  15. Middle Englishhous
  16. Englishhouse
  17. Englishsugarhouse

From sugar + house.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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