cookhouse

noun

cook·​house ˈku̇k-ˌhau̇s 

: a building for cooking

Examples of cookhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the supporting role of the matriarchal cookhouse keeper Maria was Denyce Graves, the legendary mezzo-soprano opera star. — Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026

Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que The namesake pits at Pierce’s Pitt are out behind the orange-and-yellow restaurant in a metal-walled cookhouse with tall chimneys. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026

Six guest cabins are clustered along the edge of a pond just below the house, along with a communal cookhouse. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025

Cooking was done in a detached cookhouse, which also is open for viewing. — Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 7 May 2025

While a few men stood guard, scanning the forest edges, others moved through the tents and a cookhouse area, searching for anything that might provide a clue to who controls the mines. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024

Behind it, Spanish lime and gumbo limbo trees shade a cookhouse in the garden, a tranquil spot just steps from Duval, which was teeming with passengers from the giant Carnival Glory cruise ship. — Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024

Under the canopy of a koa tree, in an open-air cookhouse built of lava rocks gathered from the eruption of Mauna Loa in 1855, sit a scuba instructor, a lawyer, several retirees, and their children and grandchildren. — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cookhouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse