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springhouse

[ spring-hous ]

noun

, plural spring·hous·es [spring, -hou-ziz].
  1. a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.


springhouse

/ ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a storehouse built over a spring for keeping dairy products and meat cool and fresh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of springhouse1

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; spring + house
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Example Sentences

And that cave was the one whar my Mammy kept her milk and butter--the springhouse whar they put you in prison.

She went her ways, saw to the garden and made the butter in the cool springhouse, and sat in the window seat in the twilights.

Night was coming fast across Lost Valley, while the tree-toads out by the springhouse set up their nightly chorus.

One of the children brought it from the springhouse, and the young adventurers drank freely and with a good relish.

A springhouse (L) stands at the entrance to the ear-shaped site.

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