outhouse

Plural: outhouses

Noun

• A small building, usually separate, containing a toilet.
• a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
• An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
• Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.

Verb

• To house in a separate building.

Examples

• His poor Scrabble play put him in a figurative outhouse, far from the winning score.

Synonyms

earth-closet, jakes, privy, 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, jakeshouse, johnny house, karzy, khazi, kocay, little house, long drop, longhouse, necessary, necessary house, necessary place, necessary vault, neddy, netty, outbuilding, outhouse, passage house, petty, petty-house, privy house, purging place, retreat, shield, shithouse, shouse, siege, siegehouse, thunderbox, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, withdraught

Related Words

chamber pot, toilet