cornhouse

American  

[kawrn-hous] / ˈkɔrnˌhaʊs /

noun

New England and South Atlantic States.

• cornhouses
  plural

1. a corncrib.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cornhouses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cornhouse

corn ¹ + house

Example Sentences

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cornhouse cornhouses

It was flanked on the right by a barn, cornhouse and tobacco house, and on the left by a smokehouse, off kitchen, laundry house and small sheds.

From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam

The lock he judged to be one of the ordinary cheap ones such as his father always used on his cornhouse and barn doors.

From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew

Start to set de cornhouse afire, but my Ma say: 'Please sir, don't burn de cornhouse.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

Pretty soon she heard "Missus" call so she "snuck" out of the cornhouse.

From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam

The floor of the cornhouse was half covered with cobs from which the corn had been shelled; in one corner these were piled up half as high as the wall.

From Mammy Tittleback and Her Family A True Story of Seventeen Cats by Jackson, Helen Hunt

There were servants' dwellings, spinning houses, smithies, tan houses, bin houses, well houses, hogsties, cornhouses, and guest houses.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee