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frat house

frat house noun: a building in which the members of a fraternity reside or meet, especially one located on or near the campus of a college or university.

Noun

frat house (plural frat houses)

  1. (US) A building in which the members of a fraternity reside or meet, especially one located on or near the campus of a college or university.
    • She wrote some awfully slushy letters to Phil Bowen, and he read them aloud at the frat house one night.1922, Willa Cather, chapter 9, in One of Ours

Synonyms of frat house

Forms of frat house

pluralfrat houses
alternative formfrathouse

Origin of frat house

Abbreviation of fraternity house

Questions about frat house

What does frat house mean?
Frat house means a building in which the members of a fraternity reside or meet, especially one located on or near the campus of a college or university.
What part of speech is frat house?
Frat house is a noun.
What is the plural of frat house?
The plural of frat house is frat houses.

Words near frat house in the dictionary

  1. frat
  2. frat boy
  3. frat boys
  4. frat flick
  5. frat flicks
  6. frat house
  7. frat houses
  8. frat lit
  9. frat man
  10. frat men
  11. Frat Pack

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