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mudhouse

mudhouse noun: a simple house built primarily of mud.

mudhouse: a simple house built primarily of mud
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Noun

mudhouse (plural mudhouses)

  1. A simple house built primarily of mud.
    • The new villages are built of mortar and brick, some of stone, and are a far cry from the villages of mudhouses.1963, Allen J. Ellender, “United States Foreign Operations in Africa”, in Reports and Documents, volume 19, United States: Congress, page 168
    • The settlers' mudhouses were swamped and they could not get out.1955, Moses Zebi Frank, Sound the great trumpet, page 37

Forms of mudhouse

pluralmudhouses

Origin of mudhouse

From mud + house.

Questions about mudhouse

What does mudhouse mean?
Mudhouse means a simple house built primarily of mud.
What part of speech is mudhouse?
Mudhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of mudhouse?
The plural of mudhouse is mudhouses.

Words near mudhouse in the dictionary

  1. mudholes
  2. mudhook
  3. mudhooks
  4. mudhopper
  5. mudhoppers
  6. mudhouse
  7. mudhouses
  8. Mudi
  9. mudik
  10. mudir
  11. mudirate

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