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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
distillery
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A distillery that wanted to launch a new brand of whisky would face this situation.
▪ Eight of the distilleries in the island have commenced work for the season.
▪ Morayshire is the heart of the whisky industry and you can take the famous Whisky Trail to seven distinctive malt whisky distilleries.
▪ Now that agave is scarce, it is the tequila distilleries that are hurting.
▪ Sales have fallen and distilleries have closed.
▪ The Council; s regional surveys did not directly include whisky distilleries, for a variety of reasons.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Distillery

Distillery \Dis*till"er*y\, n.; pl. Distilleries. [F. distillerie.]

  1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

  2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.]
    --Todd.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
distillery

1670s, "act of distilling;" see distill + -ery. Meaning "place for distilling" is from 1759.

Wiktionary
distillery

n. 1 A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits. 2 A company that distills alcohol.

WordNet
distillery

n. a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation [syn: still]

Wikipedia
Distillery (disambiguation)

A distillery is a premise where distillation takes place, especially distillation of alcohol.

Distillery may also refer to:

  • Lisburn Distillery F.C., known as Distillery until 1999
  • The Distillery District, a historic district in Toronto, Canada

Usage examples of "distillery".

There are saw-mills, breweries, brickfields and distilleries in the town, and numerous sugar factories in the vicinity, notably at Millaquin, on the river below the town.

Near by is a cornhouse and a small distillery, and the corrals for sheep shearing are not far off.

You are guaranteed that you will never taste the same entree in a calender year and, if you own a winery or distillery, your table will be supplied with the best you have to offer.

Millsport single malt, probably one of the pricier western rim distilleries.

The young man crouched behind a stack of empty tubs in the alley next to the distillery to wait and to speculate on the entire bewildering affair.

Apparently they are all slightly different because they were blends from more than one distillery.

There was only one distillery, in orbit, with the facilities to selectively flip the isomers that produced the fascinating, distinctive taste of smoke whiskey.

Such is the glorious copartnership, that shall tear down the distilleries and brewhouses, uproot the vineyards, shatter the cider-presses, ruin the tea and coffee trade, and, finally monopolize the whole business of quenching thirst.

When we Subversives come to power we'll have to close down all distilleries and breweries.

We'd inform all distilleries and brewers that they couldn't open again until they came up with really acceptable guzzle.

But Nadia didn’t like to overwork the distilleries, because they had been manufactured by a French-Hungarian-Chinese consortium, and were sure to wear out if used for bulk work.

But Nadia didn't like to overwork the distilleries, because they had been manufactured by a French-Hungarian-Chinese consortium, and were sure to wear out if used for bulk work.

He controls shipping companies, and distilleries, race tracks and jobbing houses, wire services and loan companies.

More than three thousand distilleries have been stopped, and more than seven thousand persons who dealt in spirits have declined the trade.

The car's been aired out some since this morning -- she had the front windows cracked through most of Montana -- but it still smells like a distillery.