smokehouse

English

Etymology

smoke + house

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Noun

smokehouse (plural smokehouses)

  1. A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.
    • 1973, “Swamp Witch”, in Jim Stafford (lyrics), Jim Stafford, performed by Jim Stafford:
      Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees / Like sausage on a smokehouse wall.
  2. A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.

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