carhouse

See also: car-house

English

Alternative forms

• car house

Etymology

From car +‎ house.

Noun

carhouse (plural carhouses)

1. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense) (Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
   • 1960, Harper Lee, chapter 10, in To Kill a Mockingbird:

     Atticus killed the engine in the driveway and coasted to the carhouse

2. (US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.

Synonyms

• (garage): car shed

Anagrams

• housecar