1. a building or room used for cooking, especially in a camp, military base, or outdoor setting
Usage: often used in military or camping contexts

Examples

• The soldiers gathered at the cookhouse for their evening meal.
• We set up a temporary cookhouse near the campsite.
• The ranch cookhouse served meals to all the workers.
• Smoke rose from the cookhouse chimney at dawn.
• The military cookhouse could feed hundreds of troops.
• They built a small cookhouse behind the main cabin.