Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cowhouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cow-house
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.

Example Sentences

"A colony of Elves had taken up their abode under the floor of the cowhouse, or, it is more likely, were there before it was made a cowhouse."
"When he had churned some time he recollected that the cow, which they kept at home, hadn't been let out of the cow-house, and hadn't had a straw of hay or anything to drink, although it was late in the day."

Etymology

From Middle English cowhous, cowehous, equivalent to cow + house.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: cowhous

Inflected Forms

cowhouses (plural) cow-house (alternative) cow house (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

henhouse hoghouse horsebarn

Synonyms

byre cowbarn cowshed cow barn

Questions

What does cowhouse mean?: A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.
Where does cowhouse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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