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house of ease

house of ease noun: an outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.

Noun

house of ease (plural houses of ease)

  1. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.
    • Had you but through a Cranny spy'd
      On House of Ease your future Bride.1734, “Strephon & Cloe”, in Beautiful Young Nymph, Jonathan Swift, page 20
    Synonyms:
    outhouse

Synonyms of house of ease

Forms of house of ease

pluralhouses of ease

Origin of house of ease

From the former euphemism do one's ease (“ease one's bowels: defecate”).

Questions about house of ease

What does house of ease mean?
House of ease means an outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.
What part of speech is house of ease?
House of ease is a noun.
What is the plural of house of ease?
The plural of house of ease is houses of ease.

Words near house of ease in the dictionary

  1. house of cards
  2. house of commons
  3. house of correction
  4. House of Delegates
  5. house of detention
  6. house of ease
  7. house of easement
  8. House of God
  9. house of horrors
  10. house of ill fame
  11. house of ill repute

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