sleepout
UK/ˈsliːpaʊt/
sleepout noun: a veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
Noun
sleepout (plural sleepouts)
- A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
- She could see the dark bulk of the sleepout: no lights there either.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 111
- As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs.2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, page 2
- an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
- a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.
Forms of sleepout
| plural | sleepouts |
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Origin of sleepout
From sleep out.
Questions about sleepout
- What does sleepout mean?
- Sleepout means a veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
- What part of speech is sleepout?
- Sleepout is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sleepout?
- Sleepout is pronounced /ˈsliːpaʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sleepout?
- The plural of sleepout is sleepouts.
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