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
A 52-year-old man was found dead in an outbuilding off the A1133 in Langford, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, shortly after 10:15 GMT on Saturday.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
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
When Auntie Fatmata saw me hopping from foot to foot, she led me to an outbuilding with toilets, which were really only holes in the ground, covered with a wooden plank.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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