Definition of Distillery

1. Noun. A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation.

Exact synonyms: Still
Terms within: Coffey Still
Generic synonyms: Industrial Plant, Plant, Works
Specialized synonyms: Wine Maker, Winery
Derivative terms: Distill, Distill

Definition of Distillery

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

Definition of Distillery

1. Noun. A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits ¹

2. Noun. A company that distills alcohol ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distillery

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distillery

distillate
distillate oil
distillated
distillates
distillation
distillation chaser
distillations
distillatories
distillatory
distilled
distilled water
distiller
distilleries
distillers
distillers' dried grains
distillery (current term)
distilling
distillment
distillments
distills
distils
distinct
distincter
distinctest
distinction
distinction without a difference
distinctions
distinctions without a difference
distinctive
distinctive feature

Literary usage of Distillery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"The plaintiff delivered the personal property and the distillery to the purchaser, with a deed of the latter premises. t43! JOHN H. HARDING, Plff. in Err., ..."

2. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"And be it further enacted, That the storekeeper assigned to distillery ware- anv distillery warehouse shall also have charge of the distillery connected ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"The lien of the government on distillery property for internal revenue taxes can be enforced only by a suit in equity.3 A penalty imposed on the owner of ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"For this purpose, it was absolutely necessary, under the Acts of Congress relating to internal revenue, that the distillery should be ..."

5. Ireland: Industrial and Agricultural by William P. Coyne (1902)
"Young, King and Co. have a distillery in Limavady. Then there is the Bushmills distillery already mentioned as famous for being the mosl. ancient in Ireland ..."

6. Digest of the Law of Restrictions on the Use of Real Property by Claude Perrin Berry (1915)
"distillery.—Distillation of paraffine oil. A covenant provided that no brewery, distillery, or slaughter house, or "other noxious or dangerous trade or ..."

7. Building the Nation: Events in the History of the United States from the by Charles Carleton Coffin (1882)
"It was hot enough to have boiled the molasses jn any part of the distillery; but they did not seem to mind it at all. Some lifted the hogsheads as easily ns ..."

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