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millhouse

American  
[mil-haus] / ˈmɪlˌhaʊs /

noun

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


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


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

“August 21 “There are stones everywhere on this mountain, as Dad well knows, and so it seemed sensible to make the millhouse out of stones.

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

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