smokehouse

American  

[smohk-hous] / ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs /

noun

• smokehouses
  plural

1. a building or place in which meat, fish, etc., are cured with smoke.

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smokehouse British  

/ ˈsməʊkˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a building or special construction for curing meat, fish, etc, by smoking

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• smokehouses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of smokehouse

First recorded in 1665–75; smoke + house

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

smokehouse smokehouses

For 87 years, this Texas smokehouse has offered one thing: whole hickory-smoked turkeys with a spice rub passed down from the owners’ Polish family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025

The smokehouse, which has been operational for two-and-a-half years, will exchange hands for no fee - although Mr Irvine may retain a share to keep the business running if the new owners changed their minds.

From BBC ● May 5, 2025

Yes, there's a very small chance that Listeria may be present in the smoked salmon that I picked up at the coastal smokehouse last week.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023

Outside the house stands a wood plank smokehouse, flanked by a barbecue pit and pile of rocks.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Ursula Granger ruled the kitchen and other dependencies, supervising the cooking and washing, the smokehouse where meats were cured, and the cider-making operation.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Mold build-up was also found outside of steel vats used by the plant and inside holding coolers between the site's smokehouses.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

Instead of fabric slings between their poles, they have materials sourced from West African fish smokehouses.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Some of those specific metrics included barbecue restaurants per 100,000 residents, median consumer rating for barbecue restaurants, median consumer rating for smokehouses and whether or not the cities have hosted barbecue competitions or festivals.

From Fox News ● Jul. 1, 2021

Facebook posts from the far end of the river showed kings already hanging in the smokehouses.

From The Guardian ● May 13, 2018

All they knew was that they were losing meat out of their smokehouses, eggs out of their hens’ nests, and sometimes even whole pans of corn- bread that the womenfolks had set out to cool.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson