ricehouse
nounUK /ˈraɪs.haʊs/
US /ˈraɪs.haʊs/
A ricehouse is a building where people store or sell rice.
The farmers carried their sacks of grain to the ricehouse near the river.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A small restaurant or eatery that mainly serves rice dishes.
We stopped at a little ricehouse on the corner for a bowl of chicken rice.
3. A traditional house built on raised wooden posts, often found in rice-farming villages.
The old ricehouse stood on stilts above the flooded fields.
4. A place where rice is milled and cleaned before being sold.
The ricehouse hummed with machines sorting the grains all day.