MEANING
A small detached building serving a main house, especially an outdoor toilet.
Use it for
outside facilities; domestic service buildings; remote household routinesShow which household functions remain separate from the main dwelling.
Words that belong together
- wooden outhouse
- garden outhouse
- old outhouse
On the page
He took a lantern on the path to the outhouse.
The former outhouse now held the family's garden tools.
A wooden outhouse stood beyond the vegetable patch, screened from the kitchen.
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Word forms
- Base
- outhouse
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. American usage strongly suggests a toilet; British usage can be broader, so specify function when ambiguity matters. Count noun: outhouses.
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