Definition of LONGHOUSE

longhouse

Plural: longhouses

Noun

  • A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
  • An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
  • The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.

Origin / Etymology

From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression.

Synonyms

Cousin John, House of Commons, backhouse, backside, bog, boggard, boghouse, carsey, chamber foreign, common house, commons, craphouse, danna, draught, draught-house, dunnekin, dunny, earth closet, foreign, gang, gingerbread office, gong, gonghouse, house of ease, house of easement, house of office, issue, jacques, jakes, jakeshouse, johnny house, karzy, khazi, kocay, little house, long drop, longhouse, necessary, necessary house, necessary place, necessary vault, neddy, netty, outhouse, passage house, petty, petty-house, privy, privy house, purging place, retreat, shield, shithouse, shouse, siege, siegehouse, thunderbox, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, withdraught

Scrabble Score: 13

longhouse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
longhouse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
longhouse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

longhouse: valid Words With Friends Word