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black-house

black-house noun: a traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.

Noun

black-house (plural black-houses)

  1. A traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.

Forms of black-house

pluralblack-houses
alternative formblackhouse
alternative formblack house

Questions about black-house

What does black-house mean?
Black-house means a traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.
What part of speech is black-house?
Black-house is a noun.
What is the plural of black-house?
The plural of black-house is black-houses.

Words near black-house in the dictionary

  1. black-holed
  2. black-holes
  3. black-holing
  4. black-hooded antshrike
  5. black-hooded antshrikes
  6. black-house
  7. black-houses
  8. black-humored
  9. black-jack
  10. black-jacks
  11. black-legged kittiwake

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