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overhouse

overhouse adjective: stretched along the roofs of buildings, rather than on poles or underground.

Adjective

overhouse (not comparable)

  1. Stretched along the roofs of buildings, rather than on poles or underground.
    • overhouse telegraph wires

Origin of overhouse

From over- + house.

Questions about overhouse

What does overhouse mean?
Overhouse means stretched along the roofs of buildings, rather than on poles or underground.
What part of speech is overhouse?
Overhouse is an adjective.

Words near overhouse in the dictionary

  1. overhopes
  2. overhoping
  3. overhopped
  4. overhot
  5. overhours
  6. overhouse
  7. overhovering
  8. overhug
  9. overhuge
  10. overhugged
  11. overhugging

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