outbuilding

English

Etymology

From out +‎ building.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌbɪl.dɪŋ/

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Noun

outbuilding (plural outbuildings)

1. A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building.

   Synonym: outshed

   • 2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 70:

     Above him, the sun gleamed gold and white. Before him, trackless wilderness extended for many leagues before lapping against the outbuildings of some village.

   • 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Once they reach the remote farm, Jake insists on giving Lucy a tour of the outbuildings before they go into the house, a tour that includes some lambs that have frozen to death in a barn, and the spot where a pig was eaten alive by maggots.

Related terms

• outhouse

Translations

separate building associated with a main building

• Arabic: مَبْنى خَارِجِيّ m
• Bulgarian: пристройка (bg) f (pristrojka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外屋 (zh) (wàiwū), 庫房 / 库房 (zh) (kùfáng)

• Danish: udhus n
• Dutch: bijgebouw (nl) n
• Finnish: ulkorakennus (fi)
• French: dépendance (fr), cabanon (fr) m
• Galician: alpendre (gl) m, cabanón m, alboio (gl) m, pendello (gl) m
• German: Nebengebäude (de) n
• Ido: hangaro (io)
• Italian: chiosco (it) m, padiglione (it) m
• Japanese: 離れ家 (ja) (はなれや, hanareya)
• Macedonian: до́градба f (dógradba), по́мошна згра́да f (pómošna zgráda), депанда́нс m (depandáns), спо́редна згра́да f (spóredna zgráda)
• Norwegian: uthus n
• Polish: przybudówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: dependência (pt) f
• Russian: фли́гель (ru) m (flígelʹ), пристро́йка (ru) f (pristrójka)
• Scottish Gaelic: seada m or f
• Serbo-Croatian: sporedna zgrada f, depandansa (sh) f
• Swedish: uthus (sv) n
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: طام (dam)

Verb

outbuilding

1. present participle and gerund of outbuild