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millhouse

American  
[mil-hous] / ˈmɪlˌhaʊs /

noun

millhouses plural
  1. a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.


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Etymology

Origin of millhouse

1250–1300; Middle English milnehous; see mill 1, house

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The couple has also refurbished a series of free-standing cottages and lofts in the village, along with an impressive millhouse in a neighboring pasture.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2015

Typical are the millhouse and the "steep house," in which grain is placed in large wooden tanks for treatment in a dilute sulphuric acid solution.

From Time Magazine Archive

I got real good at this and, within the week, had a pile of stones ready to be stacked into a millhouse.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

I sawed wood and made a gable for the millhouse roof and shingles to cover it.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

I run up the path, trot along the edge of the pond, then, placing my two feet together, leap goatlike down the slope to the millhouse.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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