milkhouse
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3ADJ.
early
VERB + MILKHOUSE
farms
MILKHOUSE + NOUN
pumphouse
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noun
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.
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.
A building where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
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2The milkhouse should be well insulated so that a minimum amount of heat will be needed during winter.
WiktionaryOn 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.
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