Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure in which meat or fish is cured with smoke.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A building in which meats or fish are cured by smoking; also, one in which smoked meats are stored.
- noun In leather manufacturing a close room heated by means of a fire of spent tan, which smolders, but produces no flame.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A structure used to
smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor. - noun A structure in which freshly harvested
tobacco iscured or preserved bysmoking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish
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Examples
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But in the main it was what they called a smokehouse, as it was universally known in the
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Plenty in the smokehouse was the cornerstone of the old time southern cookery.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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The food and drink, from a "smokehouse" barbecue sandwich to a "big bowl" margarita, was mediocre at best.
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The Boucaniere, which means "smokehouse" in English, is a popular family-run diner in
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"A little house called the smokehouse was built in one of the corners of the yard.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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The smokehouse Pinney's of Orford is still there, and still smoking fish over whole oak logs pretty much as it was when Pinney set it up.
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Last night I closed the door to the smokehouse where the bloodroot is kept in cardboard boxes, away from the mice and bugs.
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She is tending and preparing the hogs for slaughter and the meat to be cured in the smokehouse.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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She is tending and preparing the hogs for slaughter and the meat to be cured in the smokehouse.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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Then Doe will be busy rendering lard and salting pork for the smokehouse.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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