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plankhouse

plankhouse noun: a house constructed by some Native Americans out of planks held together by rope.

Noun

plankhouse (plural plankhouses)

  1. A house constructed by some Native Americans out of planks held together by rope

Forms of plankhouse

pluralplankhouses

Questions about plankhouse

What does plankhouse mean?
Plankhouse means a house constructed by some Native Americans out of planks held together by rope.
What part of speech is plankhouse?
Plankhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of plankhouse?
The plural of plankhouse is plankhouses.

Words near plankhouse in the dictionary

  1. planked
  2. planked down
  3. planked up
  4. planker
  5. plankers
  6. plankhouse
  7. plankhouses
  8. planking
  9. planking down
  10. planking up
  11. plankings

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