spicehouse

English

Etymology

spice +‎ house

Noun

spicehouse (plural spicehouses)

  1. A warehouse where spices are stored.
    • 1964, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works, Real Property Acquisition Practices and Adequacy of Compensation in Federal and Federally Assisted Programs: Hearings..., page 145:
      Down here in the waterfront area we have a very unique market, simply because you have the fish on the waterfront, you have groceries, fruit, you have produce, you have spicehouses, you have pickling-houses, for example.
    • 2022, Gwyneth Jones, Ann Halam, Skybreaker:
      They showed her the spicehouses, where plants and trees from lands lost long ago were kept bathed in continual heat: they showed her the harvest of nuts and berries and fruits and sugars such as Inland had never dreamed of.
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