outbuilding
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of outbuilding
Example Sentences
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The shop, a small outbuilding adjacent to a used car lot, now sat empty; its fading sign still stood roadside.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Still wearing his black-tie outfit and flanked by Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth, Trump told reporters that the attempt only strengthened his resolve to finish the White House outbuilding.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
The Wiltshire Council signed off on his plans to build an ornamental outbuilding, a three-story extension, the lake and a driveway that curves around it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
The 500-square-foot outbuilding wasn’t where Stringer, an L.A.-based ceramicist, imagined setting up shop.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
When they had to cross open country again, John kept to the hedgerows so they would not be seen, and as they came nearer to Lindsay, he kept well away from every barn and outbuilding.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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