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brewery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹuːəɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A building where beer is produced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: brewhouse
  • We took a day trip to the Guiness Brewery.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brewhouse

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A company that brews beer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Mike works for the local brewery.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant, works, industrial plant

Narrower terms: brewpub, microbrewery

History

Etymology

From Dutch brouwerij (“brewery”), equivalent to brew + -ery. See also brewhouse.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: የቢራ ፋብሪካ (yäbira fabrika) — building where beer is produced
  • Arabic: مَصْنَع جِعَة (maṣnaʕ jiʕa) — building where beer is produced
  • Armenian: գարեջրի գործարան (gareǰri gorcaran) — building where beer is produced
  • Azerbaijani: pivə zavodu — building where beer is produced
  • Belarusian: півава́рня (pivavárnja) — building where beer is produced
  • Belarusian: бро́вар (bróvar) — building where beer is produced
  • Breton: breserezh — building where beer is produced
  • Bulgarian: пивова́рна (pivovárna) — building where beer is produced
  • Burmese: ဘီယာချက်စက်ရုံ (bhiyahkyakcak-rum) — building where beer is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釀酒廠 /酿酒厂 (niàngjiǔchǎng) — building where beer is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啤酒廠 /啤酒厂 (píjiǔchǎng) — building where beer is produced
  • Czech: pivovar — building where beer is produced
  • Danish: bryggeri — building where beer is produced
  • Dutch: brouwerij — building where beer is produced
  • Estonian: õlletehas — building where beer is produced
  • Estonian: pruulikoda — building where beer is produced
  • Finnish: panimo — building where beer is produced
  • French: brasserie — building where beer is produced
  • Galician: cervexaría — building where beer is produced
  • Galician: cervexería — building where beer is produced
  • Georgian: ლუდსახარში (ludsaxarši) — building where beer is produced
  • German: Brauerei — building where beer is produced
  • German: Brauhaus — building where beer is produced
  • German: Bierbrauerei — building where beer is produced
  • Greek: ζυθοποιείο (zythopoieío) — building where beer is produced
  • Hebrew: מִבשָׁלָה (mavshélet) — building where beer is produced
  • Hindi: मद्यनिर्माणशाला (madyanirmāṇśālā) — building where beer is produced
  • Hungarian: sörgyár — building where beer is produced
  • Hungarian: sörfőzde — building where beer is produced
  • Icelandic: ölgerð — building where beer is produced
  • Icelandic: ölgerðarhús — building where beer is produced
  • Icelandic: brugghús — building where beer is produced
  • Irish: grúdlann — building where beer is produced
  • Italian: birrificio — building where beer is produced
  • Japanese: 醸造所 (jōzōsho) — building where beer is produced
  • Japanese: ブルワリー (buruwarī) — building where beer is produced
  • Khmer: សុរាគារ (soraakiə) — building where beer is produced
  • Korean: 양조장 (yangjojang) — building where beer is produced
  • Korean: 맥주 양조장 (maekju yangjojang) — building where beer is produced
  • Korean: 브루어리 (beurueori) — building where beer is produced
  • Lao: ໂຮງງານເບັຽ (hōng ngān bīa) — building where beer is produced
  • Latvian: alus darītava — building where beer is produced
  • Lithuanian: alaus darykla — building where beer is produced
  • Macedonian: пиварница (pivarnica) — building where beer is produced
  • Māori: whare kōpiro — building where beer is produced
  • Māori: where whakai — building where beer is produced
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bryggeri — building where beer is produced
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bryggjeri — building where beer is produced
  • Polish: browar — building where beer is produced
  • Polish: browarnia — building where beer is produced
  • Portuguese: cervejaria — building where beer is produced
  • Romanian: fabrică de bere — building where beer is produced
  • Russian: пивова́ренный заво́д (pivovárennyj zavód) — building where beer is produced
  • Russian: пивова́рня (pivovárnja) — building where beer is produced
  • Russian: пивзаво́д (pivzavód) — building where beer is produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: пивара — building where beer is produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: пиво̀вара — building where beer is produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: pivara — building where beer is produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: pivòvara — building where beer is produced
  • Slovak: pivovar — building where beer is produced
  • Slovene: pivovarna — building where beer is produced
  • Spanish: cervecería — building where beer is produced
  • Spanish: cervecera — building where beer is produced
  • Swedish: bryggeri — building where beer is produced
  • Thai: โรงงานเบียร์ (roong-ngaan-biia) — building where beer is produced
  • Thai: โรงเบียร์ — building where beer is produced
  • Turkish: bira fabrikası — building where beer is produced
  • Ukrainian: брова́рня (brovárnja) — building where beer is produced
  • Ukrainian: брова́р (brovár) — building where beer is produced
  • Ukrainian: пивова́рня (pyvovárnja) — building where beer is produced
  • Uzbek: pivo zavodi — building where beer is produced
  • Vietnamese: nhà máy bia — building where beer is produced
  • Welsh: bracty — building where beer is produced
  • Welsh: bractai — building where beer is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釀酒廠 /酿酒厂 (niàngjiǔchǎng) — company that brews beer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啤酒廠 /啤酒厂 (píjiǔchǎng) — company that brews beer
  • Estonian: õlletehas — company that brews beer
  • Estonian: pruulikoda — company that brews beer
  • Finnish: panimo — company that brews beer
  • Finnish: panimoyhtiö — company that brews beer
  • Galician: cervexaría — company that brews beer
  • Galician: cervexería — company that brews beer
  • German: Brauerei — company that brews beer
  • German: Bierbrauerei — company that brews beer
  • Hungarian: sörfőzde — company that brews beer
  • Irish: grúdlann — company that brews beer
  • Māori: kamupene kōpiro — company that brews beer
  • Portuguese: cervejaria — company that brews beer
  • Russian: пивова́ренная компа́ния (pivovárennaja kompánija) — company that brews beer
  • Russian: пивова́ренный заво́д (pivovárennyj zavód) — company that brews beer
  • Russian: пивова́рня (pivovárnja) — company that brews beer
  • Russian: пивзаво́д (pivzavód) — company that brews beer
  • Spanish: cervecería — company that brews beer
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