Dictionary

distillery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈstɪləɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English distill Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English distillery From distill + -ery (“place of”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
   • Near-synonym: stillhouse
   • It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north. 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38:
2. (countable, uncountable) A company that distills alcohol.
3. (countable, uncountable) The process of distilling alcohol.

Forms

Deriveds

distillery fungus · microdistillery

Synonyms

distiller · stillhouse · distilling

Translations (48)

az araqçəkən zavod (a place where distillation takes place) · cs lihovar (a place where distillation takes place) · cs destilérka (a place where distillation takes place) · vi nhà máy chưng cất (a place where distillation takes place) · de Schnapsbrennerei (a place where distillation takes place) · it distilleria (a place where distillation takes place) · bo ཨ་རག་བཟོ་གྲྭ (a place where distillation takes place) · cy distyllfa (a place where distillation takes place) · sv destilleri (a company that distills alcohol) · sv destilleri (a place where distillation takes place) · de Whiskydestillerie (a place where distillation takes place) · fi tislaamo (a place where distillation takes place) · sv bränneri (a company that distills alcohol) · cs palírna (a place where distillation takes place) · de Brennerei (a place where distillation takes place) · de Destillerie (a place where distillation takes place) · vi tháp chưng cất (a place where distillation takes place) · fr distillerie (a place where distillation takes place) · ru спиртово́дочный заво́д (a place where distillation takes place) · gd taigh-staile (a place where distillation takes place) · el αποστακτήριο (a place where distillation takes place) · be бровар (a place where distillation takes place) · az spirtçəkən zavod (a place where distillation takes place) · cs lihovar (a company that distills alcohol) · es destilería (a place where distillation takes place) · cs pálenice (a place where distillation takes place) · de Branntweinbrennerei (a place where distillation takes place) · vo steilöp (a place where distillation takes place) · be лікёра-гарэлачны завод (a place where distillation takes place) · az spirt zavodu (a place where distillation takes place) · be вінакурня (a place where distillation takes place) · tl alakan (a place where distillation takes place) · bg дестилерия (a company that distills alcohol) · ru ликёро-во́дочный заво́д (a place where distillation takes place) · ru винокурня (a place where distillation takes place) · de Whiskybrennerei (a place where distillation takes place) · bg дестиле́рия (a place where distillation takes place) · ro distilerie (a place where distillation takes place) · pt destilaria (a place where distillation takes place) · sk liehovar (a place where distillation takes place) · de Destille (a place where distillation takes place) · nl distilleerderij (a place where distillation takes place) · io distilerio (a place where distillation takes place) · az araq zavodu (a place where distillation takes place) · ca destil·leria (a place where distillation takes place) · nrf distîl'lie (a place where distillation takes place) · pl gorzelnia (a place where distillation takes place) · mi whare kōhua māturuturu (a place where distillation takes place)

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