sugarhouse

See also: sugar-house and sugar house

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sugar +‎ house.

Noun

sugarhouse (plural sugarhouses)

  1. (historical) A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
    Hypernym: refinery
  2. (Canada, New England) A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.
    Synonyms: sugar shack, sugar shanty
    Holonym: sugarbush

Derived terms

  • sugar-house molasses, sugarhouse molasses
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