a building where maple sap is boiled for producing maple syrup and sugar
sugarhouse in American English
(ˈʃuɡərˌhaus)
nounWord forms: plural-houses (-ˌhauzɪz)
a shed or other building where maple syrup or maple sugar is made
Word origin
[1590–1600; sugar + house]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Byzantine, fixture, investment, radius, squeeze
Examples of 'sugarhouse' in a sentence
sugarhouse
Once it gets to the sugarhouse, the sap is boiled down in the evaporator.