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

The other was once part of the separate cookhouse.

From Washington Post

Then a couple of Green Berets decided to search the cookhouse, an eight-by-eight-foot square, built into the upward slope of the hill.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Growing a Farmer” itself grew out of the emails Timmermeister sent as announcements for the Sunday suppers he held in his rustic-picturesque cookhouse.

From Seattle Times

An 11-mile drive up a scenic valley brings you to the Ashcroft Adventure Lodge, from where you snowshoe, cross-country ski or take a horse-drawn sleigh the final 1.3 miles to the cookhouse.

From Washington Post

Rantz carried trays up and down hills to a cookhouse to put breakfast in his stomach.

From Seattle Times

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