1. a small building constructed over a spring to keep food and drinks cool
Usage: historical

Examples

• The old farmhouse had a springhouse where they stored milk and butter.
• Settlers built a springhouse over the natural spring to preserve their food.
• The springhouse kept the dairy products fresh even in summer heat.
• We found the ruins of a stone springhouse near the creek.
• The museum’s springhouse demonstrates how people refrigerated food before electricity.
• Cold water from the spring flowed through channels in the springhouse floor.