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backhouses

backhouses is the plural of backhouse.

Meaning of backhouse

Noun

backhouse (plural backhouses)

  1. (dialectal) An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse.
    • […] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]1557, Edinburgh Burgh Records, volume III, page 17
  2. (Canada, US, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    • BACK'HOUSE... a necessary.1847, Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language
    Synonyms:
    backside

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Proper noun capitalized: Backhouses

Backhouses

  1. (plural) plural of Backhouse

Questions about backhouses

What is backhouses the plural of?
Backhouses is the plural of backhouse.
What part of speech is backhouses?
Backhouses is a proper noun.

Words near backhouses in the dictionary

  1. backhoe loader
  2. backhoed
  3. backhoeing
  4. backhoes
  5. backhouse
  6. backhouses
  7. backie
  8. backies
  9. Backiling
  10. backing
  11. backing away

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