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
On Wednesday, state agriculture officials visited his farms in Fresno and Hanford, as well as his creamery in Fowler, and tested finished and unfinished products, as well as his trucks, bulk tanks and bottling facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 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
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
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
Here's some reporting from the front lines of plant-based creameries.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2022
All roads lead to creameries, where you can thank the dairy cows for keeping your freezer filled with pints.
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
The danger is greater in cheese factories than in creameries, for whey usually represents a more advanced stage of fermentation than skim-milk.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell
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