springhouse
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs/
- Archaic
- There's a springhouse in the back.
Examples
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I stepped out of the springhouse.
Fiction book (1994) -
And then from the springhouse, a pair of dark-headed boy children emerged.
Fiction book (1997) -
Where there was a springhouse, there had been a house, once and maybe now.
Fiction book (2002) -
I started out of the springhouse and stopped.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Was the springhouse broken into last night?"
Fiction book (1994) -
After Ada put the milk in the springhouse, she returned to the field, where the fire still burned slowly, falling into ash.
Fiction book (1997) -
When I went with Mama to the springhouse, I found crocks, jars, and barrels of preserved foods.
Fiction book (1994) -
Outbuildings—smokehouse, can house, springhouse, henhouse, corncrib—bordered a space of packed earth like a courtyard.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the springhouse, the damp cold felt like heat; as the days lengthened, she had started to feel heat all around, pressing at the core of the chilly winds, locked in each furled leaf.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the hot summer months, we keep our drinks cool in the springhouse by the river.
Synonyms
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7.9
A container that keeps food cold using blocks of ice without power
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Etymology
Springhouse is a simple compound made of spring ('natural water source') and house ('small building'), so it literally means a little building built over a spring. That's why a springhouse was used to keep milk, butter and other food cool before refrigerators.