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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sugar refinery or processing plant, especially a building in which maple sap is boiled down to yield maple syrup and maple sugar.

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  • noun In former times, a factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
  • noun in Canada A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.

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Examples

  • On our way back down we passed the sugarhouse, a three-sided barn with sagging walls.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • The late, great esssayist and Vermont farmer on life with cows, woodstoves, a sugarhouse, and tourists.

    Books in a Sentence « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • The late, great esssayist and Vermont farmer on life with cows, woodstoves, a sugarhouse, and tourists.

    2006 October « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • The late, great esssayist and Vermont farmer on life with cows, woodstoves, a sugarhouse, and tourists.

    2006 October 28 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • I also love the smell of a sugarhouse in the spring.

    A Sappy Story That Ends Well: Max Mara Marina Geigert 2008

  • Perrin died on November 21, 2004, after a distinguished but unpretentious life as a professor of English at Dartmouth College and 41-year resident of a Vermont farm graced by apple trees, stone walls, and a sugarhouse.

    2006 November « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • Perrin died on November 21, 2004, after a distinguished but unpretentious life as a professor of English at Dartmouth College and 41-year resident of a Vermont farm graced by apple trees, stone walls, and a sugarhouse.

    2006 November 20 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2006

  • We made ours on the stove in small batches, but we always made sure we went to a commercial sugarhouse to get the full experience and stock up for the year - there is just nothing like that smell in all the world!

    A Sappy Story That Ends Well: Max Mara Marina Geigert 2008

  • He had a sugarhouse and negroes, and the latter stole from him a considerable sum.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • They enjoyed visiting a sugarhouse, where maple syrup was made.

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

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