creamery

creamery
/kree"meuh ree/, n., pl. creameries.
1. a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese are produced.
2. a place for the sale of milk and its products.
3. a place where milk is set to form cream.
[1870-75, Amer.; CREAM + -ERY]

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