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
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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
And on April 5, 2017, the creamery destroyed all cheese in its inventory and other returned products from prior recalls.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
A Dairy Partners spokesman said neighbours had been consulted before the new treatment plant was built at the Aberarad creamery.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
I had a job at the campus creamery, flipping burgers and scooping ice cream.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
“Right now, our focus is expanding our Gouda line. There’s not a lot of creameries in the U.S. making Dutch-style Gouda. We said, ‘let’s expand that product line and see where the market really goes.’
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
Here's some reporting from the front lines of plant-based creameries.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 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 is also probable that the by-products of creameries and cheese factories may serve to spread the disease from one herd to another.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
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