cookhouse

American  

[kook-hous] / ˈkʊkˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

cookhouses

1. a building or place for cooking, especially a camp kitchen.

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cookhouse British  

/ ˈkʊkˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a place for cooking, esp a camp kitchen

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Etymology

Origin of cookhouse

First recorded in 1785–95; cook ¹ + house

Example Sentences

In Australia, Chinese takeaways date back to the 1850s, when Chinese cookhouses and greengrocers provided for gold miners in remote parts of the country.

From Salon

The bottles were lined up on the same shelves in the hospital; the pumpkins were heaped in the corner of the cookhouse where they belonged.

From Literature

A video of a captured Russian army cookhouse gives an unappetising glimpse of the meals served to troops.

From BBC

When the flag finally goes up, Diamond Joe, Otis, and I trudge out of the great tent and toward the cookhouse.

From Literature

The other was once part of the separate cookhouse.

From Washington Post

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