oast house

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oast house /ˈəʊst haʊs $ ˈoʊst-/ noun [countable] British English TBBTAa round building with a pointed top, built for drying hops 〔烘干啤酒花的〕尖顶圆形烘房

Examples from the Corpus

oast house• Larkin's own oast house is not so good to look at.Origin oast house Old English ast

drying a Corpus top, hops built round a building with pointed for

oast house
oast house /ˈəʊst haʊs $ ˈoʊst-/

noun [countable] British English

Language: Old English
Origin: ast

a round building with a pointed top, built for drying hops

oast house

BrE

/ˈəʊst haʊs/

NAmE

/ˈoʊst haʊs/

noun

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especially BrE

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a building made of bricks with a round roof that was built to contain an oven used for drying hops （啤酒花）烘干室