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distillery

distillery

15 5.2
A place where strong alcoholic drinks like whiskey are made
  • noun
  • /dɪˈstɪləri/
: destilería
  • Visitors to the distillery can take a guided tour to learn about the distillation process.
  • distillery operations
  • local distillery

And that led to us shooting in Scotland at their distillery, and we hit it off.

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Examples

  • After a long day, we enjoyed tasting different spirits at the local distillery.

  • How about the distillery to start off with?

  • In honor of this historic occasion, we have purchased... a distillery in Scotland.

  • You remember, years ago when I did that audit for the distillery down in Kentucky?

  • Just a few miles from here is Edradour, the smallest distillery in Scotland.

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  • Welcome to the distillery.

  • Emmanuel found a job in a Budapest distillery where he worked endless hours.

  • The two then decided to do a week-long internship at Dry Fly Distillery in Spokane, Wash.

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  • The distillery produces a variety of whiskies using traditional methods.

How Big

distillery
15 5.2
microbrew
1 5.0

Surface Forms

distillery singular
distilleries plural

Morphology

distillery = distill (transparent) = distill + ery

The noun is a regular -ery formation meaning 'place where X is done', so the meaning 'place where distilling occurs' follows directly from 'distill' + '-ery'.

Etymology

Distillery comes from the verb distill, from Latin distillare, which means 'to drip' or 'let drops fall'. Picture steam cooling into little drops that are collected. So a distillery is a place where those drops are gathered to make alcoholic drinks like whisky.