outhouse
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English[edit]

An outhouse marked WC
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
outhouse (plural outhouses)
- (Canada, US) An outbuilding—typically permanent—containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
- (dated) Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine[1]:
- There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- […] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses
Synonyms[edit]
- (outer building used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:outhouse
- (any small outer building): See outbuilding
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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outbuilding — see outbuilding
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