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.

RELATED WORDS

farm, buttery, factory

Nearby words

cream soda, cream tea, cream-crackered, creamcups, creamer, creamery, creamlaid, creampuff, creamware, creamwove, creamy

Origin of creamery

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

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Examples from the Web for creamery

Sharpe Holdings Inc.* Missouri corporation that is involved in the farming, dairy, creamery, and cheese-making industries.
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Produced in the creamery adjacent to the milking parlor, Woodside Farm ice cream is more cream-sweet than sugar-sweet.
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As of November of last year, the Creamery stopped offering “Sandusky Blitz.”
Penn State Goes Too Far in Its Purge of All Things Paterno|John Hendrickson|August 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This condition is of the utmost importance in the destruction of bacteria in the dairy and creamery.
Outlines of dairy bacteriology|H. L. Russell

The fox was trailed by the dogs past Regele's creamery, when the trail came abruptly to an end.
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In the meanwhile he was keenly anxious to secure an interest in the creamery.
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A week later an employee at the creamery also contracted the fever, the residence of the latter being marked B on the diagram.
Rural Hygiene|Henry N. Ogden
Where such conditions prevail, the spread of the disease in the creamery district is exceedingly rapid.
Outlines of dairy bacteriology|H. L. Russell

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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Word Origin and History for creamery

creamery

1808, from French crémerie, from crème (see cream (n.)).