milkshed

English

Etymology 1

From milk +‎ shed, by analogy with watershed.

Noun

milkshed (plural milksheds)

2. (agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.

   Counties adjoining a large city tended to supply most of its milk before highway and trucking improvements broadened the milkshed.

Etymology 2

From milk +‎ shed, as analogous with woodshed or toolshed.

Noun

milkshed (plural milksheds)

2. A shed in which animals (such as cows, sheep, or goats) are milked.

   Hypernyms: shed < building < structure; place

   Coordinate terms: cowshed, milking parlor, milking parlour; milkhouse

Translations

a shed in which animals are milked

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