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carhouse

carhouse noun: a garage attached to a house.

Noun

carhouse (plural carhouses)

  1. (Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
    • Atticus killed the engine in the driveway and coasted to the carhouse1960, Harper Lee, chapter 16, in To Kill a Mockingbird
    Synonyms:
    car shed
  2. (US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.

Synonyms of carhouse

Forms of carhouse

pluralcarhouses
alternative formcar house

Origin of carhouse

From car + house.

Questions about carhouse

What does carhouse mean?
Carhouse means a garage attached to a house.
What part of speech is carhouse?
Carhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of carhouse?
The plural of carhouse is carhouses.

Words near carhouse in the dictionary

  1. Carharts
  2. carhop
  3. carhopped
  4. carhopping
  5. carhops
  6. carhouse
  7. carhouses
  8. Caria
  9. cariacou
  10. cariad
  11. cariads

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