cookhouse
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈkʊkˌhaʊs/
- Archaic
:
cocina
- Soon I fell into a comforting and comfortable routine, getting up, having breakfast at the cookhouse, working in the morning, having lunch at the cookhouse, working in the afternoon, then having dinner at the bunkhouse with Udell and, to cap off the day, playing pool at night.
- cookhouse fires
Examples
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"Aren't you coming to dinner at the cookhouse?" I asked.
Fiction book (1990) -
The building next door with all the lights had to be the cookhouse.
Fiction book (1990) -
Anything you want in the cookhouse, just help yourself to it.
Fiction book (1994) -
You get over to the cookhouse and see that everybody's all right.
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The camp above was lightless, except for the cookhouse.
Fiction book (1994) -
Coming out of the cookhouse into the brilliant washed light, I smelled the unfamiliar moisture over and under the smell of oil.
Fiction book (1990) -
The day before had started with midsummer Louisiana predictability, so smotheringly hot that the spongy air seemed to push down on Suzette as she hurried to the cookhouse after church.
Fiction book (2002) -
Beneath her madras tignon, Elisabeth's broad, dark face was streaked with a mixture of sweat from the heat of the cookhouse fires and a film of fine white flour from her morning baking.
Fiction book (2002) -
Suzette grew quiet when Madame Françoise Derbanne swept into the cookhouse, the silk of her pale green visiting dress rustling.
Fiction book (2002) -
The campers gathered in the cookhouse for breakfast before starting their morning hike.
Synonyms
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1.0
A room in a house where people prepare and cook food
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5.3
The kitchen on a ship, plane, or train where food is prepared
1
4.4
A kitchen on a ship where food is prepared and cooked
1
9.4
A small kitchen on a ship where the cook prepares meals
A small building used for cooking food outdoors for workers
A large kitchen in a building where staff cook meals for many people
How Big
- Archaic
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6.0
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cookhouse is made of cook ('a person who makes food') and house ('a building'), so it literally means 'a building for cooking'. It was often a building away from the main camp or ship where food was prepared for a group, which is why a cookhouse is a place for cooking for many people.