Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outhouse

/ˈaʊthaʊs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: out-house
IPA: /ˈaʊthaʊs/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.

Dated

verb

To house in a separate building.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in."
"The children had explored the gardens and the outhouses thoroughly before they were caught and cleaned for tea, and they saw quite well that they were certain to be happy at the White House."
"There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered."
"[…] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses"
"Dumbledore pointed toward a run-down stone outhouse where the Weasleys kept their broomsticks."
"In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs."

Etymology

From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out
Root: outhous

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈaʊthaʊs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

outhouses (plural) out-house (alternative, archaic) outhouses (present, singular) outhousing (participle, present) outhoused (participle, past) outhoused (past)

Derived Forms

outhousey

Phrases

built like a brick outhouse chamber pot

Frequently Paired Words

chamber pot toilet

Synonyms

outbuilding backhouse backside bog boggard boghouse carsey chamber foreign common house commons Cousin John craphouse

Questions

How do you pronounce outhouse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaʊthaʊs/.
What does outhouse mean?: An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
Where does outhouse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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