outhouse

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈaʊthaʊs/ (US)

Definition of outhouse

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US)An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
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noun

  1. (Canada, US)An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
  2. (dated)Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
    “I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.”
    “The children had explored the gardens and the outhouses thoroughly before they were caught and cleaned for tea, and they saw quite well that they were certain to be happy at the White House.”
    “There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.”
    “[…] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses”
    “Dumbledore pointed toward a run-down stone outhouse where the Weasleys kept their broomsticks.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To house in a separate building.
    “In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs.”
    “The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.”

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Etymology

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

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