springhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).

Word forms

springhouse springhouses spring house

Etymology

From spring + house.

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