Milkhouse

Alternative forms

• milk-house

Origin

From milk + house.

Full definition of milkhouse

Noun

1. A place where milk is processed into milk products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
• 1949, University of Wisconsin. Extension Service, Special circular:The milkhouse should be well insulated so that a minimum amount of heat will be needed during winter.
• 1972, Amos Long, The Pennsylvania German family farm: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.