noun

distillery

distillery

We visited a whisky distillery in Scotland.

We visited a whiskey distillery in Scotland.

((a/the distillery)) a place where alcoholic drinks are produced They are building a new distillery.

Synonyms: brewery (for beer), winery (for wine)

From 'distil' + '-ery' (a suffix denoting a place). A place for distilling.

A 'distillery' is a factory ending in '-ery' where they 'distil' spirits.

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