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narrow house

narrow house noun: the grave.

Noun

narrow house (plural narrow houses)

  1. (poetic) The grave.
    • Yet if some voice that man could trust / Should murmur from the narrow house: / The cheeks drop in; the body bows; / Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54

Forms of narrow house

pluralnarrow houses

Questions about narrow house

What does narrow house mean?
Narrow house means the grave.
What part of speech is narrow house?
Narrow house is a noun.
What is the plural of narrow house?
The plural of narrow house is narrow houses.

Words near narrow house in the dictionary

  1. narrow down
  2. narrow escape
  3. narrow escapes
  4. narrow gauge
  5. narrow gauges
  6. narrow house
  7. narrow houses
  8. narrow minded
  9. narrow mindedness
  10. narrow mindednesses
  11. narrow road

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