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laneway house

laneway house noun: a detached secondary suite typically built into a pre-existing lot, usually in the backyard and opening onto the back lane.

Noun

laneway house (plural laneway houses)

  1. (Canada) A detached secondary suite typically built into a pre-existing lot, usually in the backyard and opening onto the back lane.

Forms of laneway house

plurallaneway houses

Questions about laneway house

What does laneway house mean?
Laneway house means a detached secondary suite typically built into a pre-existing lot, usually in the backyard and opening onto the back lane.
What part of speech is laneway house?
Laneway house is a noun.
What is the plural of laneway house?
The plural of laneway house is laneway houses.

Words near laneway house in the dictionary

  1. Lanese
  2. Laneses
  3. lanesful
  4. Lanesville
  5. laneway
  6. laneway house
  7. laneway houses
  8. laneways
  9. Laney
  10. Lanfear
  11. Lanfears

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