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distillery

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈstɪləɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T IH1 L ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: stillhouse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stillhouse

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A company that distills alcohol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distiller

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The process of distilling alcohol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distilling

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: still

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant, works, industrial plant

Narrower terms: winery, wine maker

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English distill Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English distillery From distill + -ery (“place of”).

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: spirtçəkən zavod — a place where distillation takes place
  • Azerbaijani: araqçəkən zavod — a place where distillation takes place
  • Azerbaijani: spirt zavodu — a place where distillation takes place
  • Azerbaijani: araq zavodu — a place where distillation takes place
  • Belarusian: лікёра-гарэлачны завод (likjóra-harelačny zavód) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Belarusian: вінакурня (vinakurnja) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Belarusian: бровар (bróvar) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Bulgarian: дестиле́рия (destilérija) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Catalan: destil·leria — a place where distillation takes place
  • Czech: lihovar — a place where distillation takes place
  • Czech: destilérka — a place where distillation takes place
  • Czech: pálenice — a place where distillation takes place
  • Czech: palírna — a place where distillation takes place
  • Dutch: distilleerderij — a place where distillation takes place
  • Finnish: tislaamo — a place where distillation takes place
  • French: distillerie — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Branntweinbrennerei — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Brennerei — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Destillerie — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Destille — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Schnapsbrennerei — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Whiskybrennerei — a place where distillation takes place
  • German: Whiskydestillerie — a place where distillation takes place
  • Greek: αποστακτήριο (apostaktírio) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Ido: distilerio — a place where distillation takes place
  • Italian: distilleria — a place where distillation takes place
  • Māori: whare kōhua māturuturu — a place where distillation takes place
  • Norman: distîl'lie — a place where distillation takes place
  • Polish: gorzelnia — a place where distillation takes place
  • Portuguese: destilaria — a place where distillation takes place
  • Romanian: distilerie — a place where distillation takes place
  • Russian: ликёро-во́дочный заво́д (likjóro-vódočnyj zavód) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Russian: спиртово́дочный заво́д (spirtovódočnyj zavód) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Russian: винокурня (vinokurnja) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-staile — a place where distillation takes place
  • Slovak: liehovar — a place where distillation takes place
  • Spanish: destilería — a place where distillation takes place
  • Swedish: destilleri — a place where distillation takes place
  • Tagalog: alakan — a place where distillation takes place
  • Tibetan: ཨ་རག་བཟོ་གྲྭ (a rag bzo grwa) — a place where distillation takes place
  • Vietnamese: nhà máy chưng cất — a place where distillation takes place
  • Vietnamese: tháp chưng cất — a place where distillation takes place
  • Volapük: steilöp — a place where distillation takes place
  • Welsh: distyllfa — a place where distillation takes place
  • Bulgarian: дестилерия (destilerija) — a company that distills alcohol
  • Czech: lihovar — a company that distills alcohol
  • Swedish: destilleri — a company that distills alcohol
  • Swedish: bränneri — a company that distills alcohol
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