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cookhouse

noun
/ˈkʊkˌhaʊs/US

Etymology

From cook + house. Used in Middle English (1296) in a name (Cokehuse), perhaps referring to a kitchen or a restaurant.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as cookhouse — “cook + house”

Definitions

  1. A small building where cooking takes place.

    • I got the food ready, almost on time, then had to hunt down the two little boys whose job it was to ferry it from cookhouse to table and then serve it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA