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passage house

passage house noun: an outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.

Noun

passage house (plural passage houses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
    Synonyms:
    outhouse
  2. (archaic, rare) A building providing transportation across a passage: a ferryhouse.

Synonyms of passage house

Forms of passage house

pluralpassage houses
alternative formpassage-house

Origin of passage house

From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc."

Questions about passage house

What does passage house mean?
Passage house means an outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
What part of speech is passage house?
Passage house is a noun.
What is the plural of passage house?
The plural of passage house is passage houses.

Words near passage house in the dictionary

  1. passage at arms
  2. passage boat
  3. Passage East
  4. passage grave
  5. passage graves
  6. passage house
  7. passage houses
  8. Passage Islands
  9. passage maker
  10. passage makers
  11. passage migrant

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