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dead house

dead house is the alternative form of deadhouse.

Meaning of deadhouse

Noun

deadhouse (plural deadhouses)

  1. (Kenya, South-Asia) A place for the temporary reception and storage of dead human bodies; a mortuary.
    • Our Lady's Hospice for the dying. Deadhouse handy underneath.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 6: Hades]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 94
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, historical) A room or building behind a bar (drinking establishment) where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.

Forms of dead house

pluraldead houses

Questions about dead house

What is dead house the alternative form of?
Dead house is the alternative form of deadhouse.

Words near dead house in the dictionary

  1. dead heats
  2. dead hedge
  3. dead hedges
  4. dead horse
  5. dead horses
  6. dead house
  7. dead houses
  8. dead ice
  9. dead in the train
  10. dead in the water
  11. dead inside

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