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deadhouses

deadhouses is the plural 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.

Questions about deadhouses

What is deadhouses the plural of?
Deadhouses is the plural of deadhouse.

Words near deadhouses in the dictionary

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

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