"backhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backhouse.wav Forms: backhouses [plural]
Etymology: From back + house. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|house}} back + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} backhouse (plural backhouses)
  1. (now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse. Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms, Toilet (room)
    Sense id: en-backhouse-en-noun-33P3-0xd Disambiguation of Buildings: 65 35 Disambiguation of Rooms: 61 39 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. Tags: Canada, US, euphemistic Categories (topical): Toilet (room) Synonyms (outhouse): backside [UK]
    Sense id: en-backhouse-en-noun-D9AmRojQ Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 50 50 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'outhouse': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: outhouse, back-house, back house Hypernyms: backside, house, outbuilding

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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