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smokehouse

noun

  1. building where meat or fish is cured with smoke
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsmoʊkˌhaʊs/

noun

Etymology: From smoke + house.

  1. A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.

    “Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees / Like sausage on a smokehouse wall.”

  2. A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.