cowhouse
cowhouse noun: a house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.
Noun
cowhouse (plural cowhouses)
- A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.
- A colony of Elves had taken up their abode under the floor of the cowhouse, or, it is more likely, were there before it was made a cowhouse.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 138
- When he had churned some time he recollected that the cow, which they kept at home, hadn't been let out of the cow-house, and hadn't had a straw of hay or anything to drink, although it was late in the day.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 42
cowhouse meaning in Sanskrit
cowhouse in Sanskrit
- cowhouse
- गोशाला gośālā
- cowhouse, shed
- गञ्जा gañjā
Synonyms of cowhouse
Forms of cowhouse
| plural | cowhouses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cow-house |
| alternative form | cow house |
Origin of cowhouse
From Middle English cowhous, cowehous, equivalent to cow + house.
Questions about cowhouse
- What does cowhouse mean?
- Cowhouse means a house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.
- What is cowhouse in Sanskrit?
- Cowhouse in Sanskrit is गोशाला (gośālā), गञ्जा (gañjā). See Cowhouse meaning in Sanskrit.
- What part of speech is cowhouse?
- Cowhouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of cowhouse?
- The plural of cowhouse is cowhouses.
Words near cowhouse in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowhouse (page history and authors); गञ्जा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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