creamery

[ kree-muh-ree ]

/ ˈkri mə ri /

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noun, plural cream·er·ies.

a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese are produced.

a place for the sale of milk and its products.

a place where milk is set to form cream.

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Origin of creamery

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; cream + -ery

Words nearby creamery

cream cheese, cream cracker, cream-crackered, creamcups, creamer, creamery, cream ice, creamlaid, cream of tartar, cream pail, cream puff

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How to use creamery in a sentence

The creamery equivalent of a U-pick orchard, Sunset View Creamery in Odessa lets guests pet and cuddle the cows that provide the raw milk, cheese, and butter on sale.
An Eater’s Guide to the Finger Lakes|Taylor Tobin|October 22, 2021|Eater
Scott said the store is pursuing an expansion to include a full-service restaurant, a bakery and a creamery on the 40-acre property.
As infrastructure debate lingers, $34 million and a new sidewalk are bringing life to a small Virginia town|Luz Lazo|July 23, 2021|Washington Post
Sadly, many employees of Rogue Creamery have lost their homes in the wildfires that have consumed much of the West Coast, and the creamery itself had to evacuate some of its cows to keep them safe.
Artisanal American Cheese Was Finally on Top of the World, and Then the World Fell Apart|Jaya Saxena|October 5, 2020|Eater
Sharpe Holdings Inc.* Missouri corporation that is involved in the farming, dairy, creamery, and cheese-making industries.
After Hobby Lobby, These 82 Corporations Could Drop Birth Control Coverage|Abby Haglage|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Produced in the creamery adjacent to the milking parlor, Woodside Farm ice cream is more cream-sweet than sugar-sweet.
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Woodside Farm Creamery: 1310 Little Baltimore Rd., Hockessin, DE.
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At Woodside Farm Creamery in Hockessin, Delaware, ice cream is all about Jersey cows.
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a game, you can still walk west down Curtin Road to Berkey Creamery and order a scoop of Peachy Paterno ice cream.
Penn State Goes Too Far in Its Purge of All Things Paterno|John Hendrickson|August 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Our own washing is done by Elizabeth, with the aid of a power machine and steam which is piped from the creamery to the laundry.
The American Country Girl|Martha Foote Crow
After that some mornings I go to the creamery and wrap butter, but recently I have worked for an hour or so fixing bee equipment.
The American Country Girl|Martha Foote Crow
There was usually a rump steak and potatoes, bread and "creamery" butterine, and the inevitable New England doughnuts.
The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete|Winston Churchill
I'd rather sell the creamery—I'll go out to work again, do cooking or housekeeping,—anything!
Germinie Lacerteux|Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
Then, when creameries were established in many places, the creamery was found a convenient place for the collection of eggs.
Our Domestic Birds|John H. Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for creamery

creamery

/ (ˈkriːmərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

an establishment where milk and cream are made into butter and cheese

a place where dairy products are sold

a place where milk is left to stand until the cream rises to the top

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creamery

Origin of creamery

Words nearby creamery

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British Dictionary definitions for creamery