"backhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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
    Sense id: en-backhouse-en-noun-33P3-0xd Disambiguation of Buildings: 60 40 Disambiguation of Rooms: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26
  2. (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. Tags: Canada, US, euphemistic Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms (outhouse): backside [UK]
    Sense id: en-backhouse-en-noun-D9AmRojQ Disambiguation of Rooms: 55 45 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 35 65 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'outhouse': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bathroom, back-house, back house Hypernyms: backside, house, outbuilding

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