Word.ws English Dictionary

deadhouse

deadhouse noun: a place for the temporary reception and storage of dead human bodies; a mortuary.

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.

deadhouse meaning in Tamil and Kannada

deadhouse in Tamil

சாவுக்கிடங்கு

deadhouse in Kannada

ಹೆಣದಮನೆ, ಶವಾಲಯ

Forms of deadhouse

pluraldeadhouses

Origin of deadhouse

From dead + house.

Questions about deadhouse

What does deadhouse mean?
Deadhouse means a place for the temporary reception and storage of dead human bodies; a mortuary.
What is deadhouse in Tamil?
Deadhouse in Tamil is சாவுக்கிடங்கு. See Deadhouse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deadhouse?
Deadhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of deadhouse?
The plural of deadhouse is deadhouses.

Words near deadhouse in the dictionary

  1. deadheartedness
  2. deadhere
  3. deadherent
  4. deadhesion
  5. Deadhorse
  6. deadhouse
  7. deadhouses
  8. deading
  9. deadish
  10. deadishness
  11. deaditor

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deadhouse (page history and authors); deadhouse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deadhouse (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “deadhouse.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/deadhouse. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.