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OAST HOUSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does oast house mean?
• OAST HOUSE (noun)
The noun OAST HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof
Familiarity information: OAST HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("oast house" is a kind of...):
house (a building in which something is sheltered or located)
Meronyms (parts of "oast house"):
oast (a kiln for drying hops)
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