outhouse

[ out-hous ]

/ ˈaʊtˌhaʊs /

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noun, plural out·hous·es

[out-hou-ziz]. /ˈaʊtˌhaʊ zɪz/.

an outbuilding with one or more seats and a pit serving as a toilet; privy.

any outbuilding.

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Origin of outhouse

First recorded in 1525–35; out- + house

Words nearby outhouse

out-half, outhandle, outhaul, out-Herod, outhit, outhouse, outie, outing, outing flannel, out in left field, out in the cold

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How to use outhouse in a sentence

It was a different world — one with well-insulated homes and indoor plumbing, not outhouses.
At 80, one woman is using her life story to teach people how to fight for justice|Courtland Milloy|August 24, 2021|Washington Post
Meanwhile, I welcomed its warmth on trips to the outhouse and while shoveling snow off the deck.
Kari Traa’s Røthe Long Hoodie Is Better Than a Robe|Kelly Bastone|April 4, 2021|Outside Online
Sharon had lived with an outhouse in Mongolia, “so that was something I was used to,” she said.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.|by Elizabeth Weil|January 25, 2021|ProPublica
They bleached outhouses and the area around the concert stage offered plenty of space for social distancing, she said.
States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading the Virus Beyond Their Borders|by David Armstrong|December 1, 2020|ProPublica

Even at 3am on a rainy night, your only toilet option is a wet and perhaps muddy walk to the outhouse.
What's Better: Cell Phones or Indoor Toilets?|Megan McArdle|January 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Stein says her jail time was "like living in an outhouse in very close quarters."
Can Anyone Replace Ralph Nader in the Green Party Race for the White House?|Abigail Pesta|August 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In many rural Chinese homes, a jar of pesticide—often a variety banned in Western countries—sits in the family outhouse.
China's Female Suicide Mystery|Megan Shank|June 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Perrier, to avoid these inconveniences, made an under-ground passage, by which his guest could pass to an outhouse.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
A door at the side of this led to the little stone outhouse where the water for the pipes both of school and Chapel was heated.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
The bath was in an outhouse about fifty yards across the yard from the ward.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919|William Orpen
But except at one corner of the roof of an outhouse, no damage had been done to the buildings—except the broken glass.
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade|Edward Lord Gleichen
The cat had left her kittens in an outhouse before the snow began, and afterwards proposed to return to them.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge

British Dictionary definitions for outhouse

outhouse

/ (ˈaʊtˌhaʊs) /

noun

a building near to, but separate from, a main building; outbuilding

US an outside lavatory

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outhouse

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