smokehouse

English

Etymology

smoke +‎ house

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/

Noun

smokehouse (plural smokehouses)

1. A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.
   • 1973, “Swamp Witch”, in Jim Stafford (lyrics), Jim Stafford, performed by Jim Stafford:

     Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees / Like sausage on a smokehouse wall.

2. A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.

Synonyms

• (structure to smoke food): smokery

Translations

structure to smoke food

• Finnish: savustamo (fi)
• French: fumoir (fr) m
• Greek: καπνιστήριο (el) n (kapnistírio)
• Latin: carnārium n (for meat)
• Polish: wędzarnia (pl) f
• Swedish: rökeri (sv) n
• Yup'ik: elagyaq, puyurcivik