sugarhouse

See also: sugar-house and sugar house

English

Alternative forms

• sugar house
• sugar-house

Etymology

sugar +‎ house

Noun

sugarhouse (plural sugarhouses)

1. (historical) A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
2. (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