English Explanatory Dictionary

birthhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A building used for birthing.
  2. The house of one's birth (house where one was born).

Word forms

birthhouse birthhouses birth-house birth house

Etymology

From birth + house. Cognate with West Frisian bertehûs, Dutch geboortehuis, German Geburtshaus.

Related words

birthhome birthplace
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