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BREWERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("brewery" is a kind of...):
industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brewery"):
brewpub (a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food)
microbrewery (a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere)
Derivation:
brew (prepare by brewing)
