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Outhouse definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUT'HOUSE, n. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: outhouse, privy, earth- closet, jakes]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century outbuilding; especially privy 1a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a building, esp. a shed, lean-to, barn, etc. built next to or in the grounds of a house. 2 US an outdoor lavatory.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outhouse Out"house`, n. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(outhouses) 1. An outhouse is a small building attached to a house or very close to the house, used, for example, for storing things in. N-COUNT 2. An outhouse is an outside toilet. (AM) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Nissen hut, Quonset hut, WC, backhouse, basement, bathroom, booth, can, closet, comfort station, convenience, crapper, crib, earth closet, gatehouse, head, hut, hutch, jakes, john, johnny, johnny house, kiosk, latrine, lavatory, lean-to, necessary, office, outbuilding, pavilion, powder room, privy, rest room, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, toilet, toilet room, tollbooth, tollhouse, urinal, washroom, water closet