distillery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a place equipped for producing alcoholic spirits by distillation

   The distillery uses copper stills to make small batches of whisky.

2. 2
   noun

   a company or business that makes distilled spirits

   The family-owned distillery exports gin to twelve countries.

Formed from distill + -ery, the suffix denoting a place or establishment. Distill came through French from Latin destillare, 'to trickle down,' before developing its chemical and spirit-making senses.

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