distillery
A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spiritsA place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
» Tom smelled like a distillery.
Tom hat wie eine Brauerei gerochen.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
Near-synonym: stillhouse
Branntweinbrennerei, Brennerei, Destillerie
ликёро-во́дочный заво́дlikjóro-vódočnyj zavód, спиртово́дочный заво́дspirtovódočnyj zavód, винокурняvinokurnja
a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
(countable, uncountable)A company that distills alcohol.
(countable, uncountable)The process of distilling alcohol.
Examples
6 sentencesTom smelled like a distillery.
deTom hat wie eine Brauerei gerochen.
Yanni's office smells like a distillery.
deBei Janni im Büro riecht’s wie in einer Schnapsbrennerei.
This distillery uses organic grains and distills its whiskey from scratch.
This distillery looks like a suburban mall bookstore from the nineties.
Glen Elgin is a whiskey distillery.
Translations
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Forms
plural: distilleries| Singular | distillery |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation:still
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable