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office-houses

office-houses is the plural of office-house.

Meaning of office-house

Noun

office-house (plural office-houses)

  1. (obsolete) A building or outhouse on a farm, estate, manor, palace, etc. used for household work, storage, housing servants, etc; the office of the steward or bailiff on a manor or estate; a house of office.
    • That gloomy spot they spoke of lay aside from the hamlet. In a dell, begirt with firs, you might behold a hut, and various ruined office-houses.1827, Thomas Carlyle, Ludwig Tieck's "The Elves"

Questions about office-houses

What is office-houses the plural of?
Office-houses is the plural of office-house.

Words near office-houses in the dictionary

  1. office-goer
  2. office-goers
  3. office-holder
  4. office-holders
  5. office-house
  6. office-houses
  7. office-wall
  8. office-walls
  9. officebearer
  10. officebearers
  11. officed

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