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brewery

brewery

102 3.0
A place where beer is made to sell
  • noun
  • /ˈbruːəri/
translation icon : cervecería
  • The brewery produces a variety of craft beers that are popular in the region.
  • companies and breweries
  • plants and breweries
  • processing plants and breweries

And so we, we're the only fire brewed brewery in Texas that we know of.

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Examples

  • Escorted her through a brewery.

  • It's also true you worked in a brewery.

  • And then I just went to a local brewery and drink with friends.

  • The brewery up on Battery Street.

  • Just going to the brewery.

  • A local brewery even created a Blockbuster beer.

  • For example, an individual operating a brewery may enroll in fermentation science classes at a local university.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Since Roman forts often had their own breweries, Roman beer tasted quite different from its modern counterparts.

  • The local brewery offers tours that explain how beer is made.

  • We decided to visit a new brewery that just opened downtown.

Synonyms

microbrewery
vsbrewery
5 5.7

A small place that makes beer in small batches for sale

refers to general commercial production at larger scale rather than small batches
brewpub
vsbrewery
3 6.1

A restaurant that brews its own beer and serves food

focuses on commercial beer production rather than restaurant service
brewhouse
vsbrewery
1 4.6

A building where people make beer

refers to the commercial operation that produces beer beyond just the room

Idioms

To be unable to manage even a very simple task because you are very bad at doing things

A rude British phrase that says someone is very bad at organizing events

How Big

brewery
102 3.0
microbrewery
5 5.7

Surface Forms

brewery singular
breweries plural

Morphology

brewery = brew (transparent) = brew + ery

The meaning is directly formed from 'brew' + the place-/activity-forming suffix '-ery', yielding 'place where brewing occurs'.

Etymology

The word brewery comes from brew ('to make beer or tea') and the ending -ery meaning 'a place for something'. So a brewery is literally 'a place for brewing', which is why it is where beer is made.