English Explanatory Dictionary

outhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
  2. Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
verb
  1. To house in a separate building.

Pronunciation

/ˈaʊthaʊs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-outhouse.wav

Word forms

outhouse outhouses out-house outhousing outhoused

Etymology

From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).

Synonyms

backhouse backside bog boggard boghouse carsey chamber foreign common house commons Cousin John craphouse danna draught draught-house dunnekin dunny earth closet foreign gang gingerbread office gong gonghouse House of Commons house of ease house of easement house of office issue jacques jakes jakeshouse johnny house karzy khazi kocay little house long drop longhouse necessary necessary house necessary place necessary vault neddy netty outhouse passage house petty petty-house privy privy house purging place retreat shield shithouse shouse siege siegehouse thunderbox usual offices vault wardrobe

Related words

chamber pot toilet

Derived words

built like a brick outhouse outhousey
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