Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sugar refinery or processing plant, especially a building in which maple sap is boiled down to yield maple syrup and maple sugar.
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- noun In former times, a
factory for the refining ofraw sugar fromBarbados . - noun in Canada A small
cabin orshack wheresap collected fromsugar maples isboiled intomaple syrup .
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Examples
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On our way back down we passed the sugarhouse, a three-sided barn with sagging walls.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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The late, great esssayist and Vermont farmer on life with cows, woodstoves, a sugarhouse, and tourists.
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The late, great esssayist and Vermont farmer on life with cows, woodstoves, a sugarhouse, and tourists.
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The late, great esssayist and Vermont farmer on life with cows, woodstoves, a sugarhouse, and tourists.
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I also love the smell of a sugarhouse in the spring.
A Sappy Story That Ends Well: Max Mara Marina Geigert 2008
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Perrin died on November 21, 2004, after a distinguished but unpretentious life as a professor of English at Dartmouth College and 41-year resident of a Vermont farm graced by apple trees, stone walls, and a sugarhouse.
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Perrin died on November 21, 2004, after a distinguished but unpretentious life as a professor of English at Dartmouth College and 41-year resident of a Vermont farm graced by apple trees, stone walls, and a sugarhouse.
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We made ours on the stove in small batches, but we always made sure we went to a commercial sugarhouse to get the full experience and stock up for the year - there is just nothing like that smell in all the world!
A Sappy Story That Ends Well: Max Mara Marina Geigert 2008
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He had a sugarhouse and negroes, and the latter stole from him a considerable sum.
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They enjoyed visiting a sugarhouse, where maple syrup was made.
American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007
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