weather house
weather house noun: a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
Noun
weather house (plural weather houses)
- A mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
- Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought / Devised the weather house, that useful toy!1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- weather box
Synonyms of weather house
Forms of weather house
| plural | weather houses |
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Questions about weather house
- What does weather house mean?
- Weather house means a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
- What part of speech is weather house?
- Weather house is a noun.
- What is the plural of weather house?
- The plural of weather house is weather houses.
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