sugarhouse

See also: sugar-house and sugar house

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

sugar +‎ house

Noun

sugarhouse (plural sugarhouses)

(historical) A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
(Canada) A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.

Synonyms

(cabin for boiling sap): sugar shack, sugar shanty

Derived terms

sugar-house molasses, sugarhouse molasses

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