a building or special construction for curing meat, fish, etc, by smoking
smokehouse in American English
(ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs)
noun
US
a building, esp. an outbuilding on a farm, where meats, fish, etc. are cured by smoke
smokehouse in American English
(ˈsmoukˌhaus)
nounWord forms: plural-houses (-ˌhauzɪz)
a building or place in which meat, fish, etc., are cured with smoke
Word origin
[1665–75; smoke + house]This word is first recorded in the period 1665–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: background, newsletter, regulation, wader, wig
Examples of 'smokehouse' in a sentence
smokehouse
There's a trendy curing and smokehouse in the cellar.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Its shabby-chic rooms in a former smokehouse are very, very cool.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A speciality is dishes smoked on site in a small smokehouse.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There's a smokehouse and a fresh fish counter, but the restaurant is the star.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tenants in the artisan area include patissiers, a microbrewery and a smokehouse.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The highlight of dinner was the smokehouse board of delicious cured meats and devilled whitebait, 17.
The Sun (2016)
He had had enough of being treated 'like ham in a smokehouse', and took his case to court.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The process involves leaving fish fillets for 16 hours overnight in smokehouse chimneys rather than three hours in a kiln.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There's an on-site smokehouse for the salmon, kippers, hams and haddock, and a neat kitchen garden.