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carhouses

carhouses is the plural of carhouse.

Meaning of carhouse

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.

Questions about carhouses

What is carhouses the plural of?
Carhouses is the plural of carhouse.

Words near carhouses in the dictionary

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

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