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smokehouse

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

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  • General-American: /ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smokery

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meat house

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

History

Etymology

From smoke + house.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: keztategi — structure to smoke food
  • Choctaw: aboha ashobohli — structure to smoke food
  • Dutch: rokerij — structure to smoke food
  • Finnish: savustamo — structure to smoke food
  • French: fumoir — structure to smoke food
  • Galician: fumeiro — structure to smoke food
  • German: Räucherei — structure to smoke food
  • Greek: καπνιστήριο (kapnistírio) — structure to smoke food
  • Latin: carnārium — structure to smoke food
  • Polish: wędzarnia — structure to smoke food
  • Romanian: afumătoare — structure to smoke food
  • Spanish: ahumadero — structure to smoke food
  • Swedish: rökeri — structure to smoke food
  • Yup'ik: elagyaq — structure to smoke food
  • Yup'ik: puyurcivik — structure to smoke food
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