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cowhouses

cowhouses is the plural of cowhouse.

Meaning of cowhouse

Noun

cowhouse (plural cowhouses)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    byre, cowbarn, cowshed

Questions about cowhouses

What is cowhouses the plural of?
Cowhouses is the plural of cowhouse.

Words near cowhouses in the dictionary

  1. cowhiding
  2. cowhidings
  3. cowhorse
  4. cowhorses
  5. cowhouse
  6. cowhouses
  7. cowhunter
  8. cowhunters
  9. Cowichan
  10. Cowichan Valley
  11. Cowichans

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