milkshed

English

Etymology 1

From milk +‎ shed, by analogy with watershed.

Noun

milkshed (plural milksheds)

  1. (agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
    counties adjoining a large city tended to supply most of its milk before highway and trucking improvements broadened the milkshed

Etymology 2

From milk +‎ shed, as analogous with woodshed or toolshed.

Noun

milkshed (plural milksheds)

  1. A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)
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