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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1626 a building (as a stable or a woodshed) separate from but accessory to a main house

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a detached shed, barn, garage, etc. within the grounds of a main building; an outhouse.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outbuild Out*build", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outbuiltor Outbuilded; p. pr. & vb. n. Outbuilding.] To exceed in building, or in durability of building.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outbuilding Out"build`ing, n. A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house; an outhouse.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(outbuildings) Outbuildings are small buildings for keeping things in or working in which are near a house, on the land belonging to it. N-COUNT: usu pl

Moby Thesaurus

Nissen hut, Quonset hut, booth, crib, gatehouse, hut, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, outhouse, pavilion, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse