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milkshed en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From milk + shed, by analogy with watershed.

Meanings

1. A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
   • Counties adjoining a large city tended to supply most of its milk before highway and trucking improvements broadened the milkshed.

Forms

milkshed en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From milk + shed, as analogous with woodshed or toolshed.

Meanings

1. A shed in which animals (such as cows, sheep, or goats) are milked.

Forms

Coordinates

milking parlour · milkhouse · cowshed · milking parlor

Hypernyms

building · shed · structure · place

Translations (6)

ga bleánlann (a shed in which animals are milked) · pl dojarnia (a shed in which animals are milked) · mk молзилиште (a shed in which animals are milked) · it mungitoio (a shed in which animals are milked) · mi whare miraka (a shed in which animals are milked) · mi whare whakatētē kau (a shed in which animals are milked)