noun
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an establishment where milk and cream are made into butter and cheese
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a place where dairy products are sold
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a place where milk is left to stand until the cream rises to the top
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Etymology
Origin of creamery
Example Sentences
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Years and years ago, I think the space was an ice creamery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Partygoers ate ice cream from a local creamery that created a special line of flavors for an election season featuring a hometown presidential candidate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
Samples of Vulto’s cheese repeatedly tested positive for listeria species between July 2014 and Feb. 2017, ultimately leading the federal court to shut down the creamery in 2018.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
He even fears customers might stop coming to his creamery: "We have had customers who assume that we are closed, because of load-shedding, so I am really worried that if load-shedding worsens, people won't come."
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2023
“It takes just one person to ruin the whole thing, and then you wouldn’t have your fresh eggs fried in my pure creamery butter any more.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Local farms, bakers, creameries and fishermen now supply most ingredients to the district, which serves 30,000 students from wealthy and low-income communities east of San Francisco.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
As part of their summer releases, many Wisconsin creameries, including Maple Leaf Cheese and Renard's Artisan Cheeses, produce cherry-studded white cheddars.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2022
The cow-to-cone experience highlights creameries where the main ingredient comes from the cows that you probably moo-ed at while you were parking.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2019
And getting in on that scene is agriculture, which is drawing tourists who come to the city of Frederick up county for its orchards, produce markets and creameries.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
It has a large sawmill, two brick-yards, concrete works, creameries, wheat elevators, and a sash-and-door factory.
From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior
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