smokehouse

noun

smoke·​house ˈsmōk-ˌhau̇s 

: a building where meat or fish is cured by means of dense smoke

Examples of smokehouse in a Sentence

Hams hung from the rafters of the smokehouse.

Recent Examples on the Web

The new spot will feature a custom outdoor smokehouse with five, 1,000-gallon pits. —Jenna Thompson march 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026

Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung. —Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

Terry Black’s Barbecue, which has five locations across Texas and one in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the state’s most popular smokehouses. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026

Barrel and Bones The smokehouse is offering two Game Day Wing Playoff Packs — one that includes 20 wings for $35 and another that includes 50 wings for $85 — with a variety of flavors, sauces and rubs. —Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1746, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for smokehouse

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse

Kids Definition

smokehouse

noun

smoke·​house ˈsmōk-ˌhau̇s 

: a building where meat or fish is given flavor and kept from spoiling by the use of smoke