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well-house

well-house is the alternative form of wellhouse.

Meaning of wellhouse

Noun

wellhouse (plural wellhouses)

  1. A small building that houses a well.
    • "When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog?" / "It was just a week ago to-day. The creature was howling outside the old well-house, and Sir Robert was in one of his tantrums that morning.[…]"1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 284

Forms of well-house

pluralwell-houses

Questions about well-house

What is well-house the alternative form of?
Well-house is the alternative form of wellhouse.

Words near well-house in the dictionary

  1. well-grounded
  2. well-handed
  3. well-handled
  4. well-heeled
  5. well-horned
  6. well-house
  7. well-houses
  8. well-hung
  9. well-informed
  10. well-intended
  11. well-intentioned

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